12-05-2025
The African savannah and its associated fauna
Fig1. From Atzavara
An article published in the journal L’ATZAVARA highlights the importance of the African savannah and its associated fauna, has been prepared by a team of researchers from the Institute of Biodiversity Research (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona and the Biomas Association, led by Àlex Torres-Riera (Biomas -IRBio), with the collaboration of I'aki Abella-Gutiérrez, Jorgina Riera-Lucea, Maria Dolors Vinyoles-Cartanyà (IRBio) and José Domingo Rodríguez-Teijeiro (IRBio).
The Importance of the Savannah
Savannas are often associated with the great African pastries, full of mammalian grains. However, there is a wide variety of savannas, from large shepherds to densely treed savannas, passing through shrubby-spiny savannas or floodable savannas.
The article analyzes the complexity and natural interactions of the African savannah, a biome that occupies 20% of the land surface contributes to 30% of the world's net primary production, houses 20% of the world's human population and has a large proportion of the planet's extensive wealth, besides it houses the last communities of large mammals in the world: highlighting its global importance.
Savannas are defined by the interaction between biotic and abiotic factors, from fires, to precipitation regime, or the shepherding of the great herbivores, depending on the interaction between the factors the types of savanna are determined.
According to Àlex Torres-Riera, "savannas are vital ecosystems that contribute significantly to the world's net primary production and host a large proportion of the human population and would earn extensive from the planet." The study underscores the need to assess and preserve these little tree-covered open places, which are often degraded in favor of planting trees.
This publication, focused on scientific dissemination, is promoted by the Delegation of the Central Coastal Cordillera of the Catalan Institution of Natural History (ICHN) and the Mataró City Council.
The complete results of the study can be consulted in the journal L’ATZAVARA.
An article published in the journal L’ATZAVARA highlights the importance of the African savannah and its associated fauna, has been prepared by a team of researchers from the Institute of Biodiversity Research (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona and the Biomas Association, led by Àlex Torres-Riera (Biomas -IRBio), with the collaboration of I'aki Abella-Gutiérrez, Jorgina Riera-Lucea, Maria Dolors Vinyoles-Cartanyà (IRBio) and José Domingo Rodríguez-Teijeiro (IRBio).
The Importance of the Savannah
Savannas are often associated with the great African pastries, full of mammalian grains. However, there is a wide variety of savannas, from large shepherds to densely treed savannas, passing through shrubby-spiny savannas or floodable savannas.
The article analyzes the complexity and natural interactions of the African savannah, a biome that occupies 20% of the land surface contributes to 30% of the world's net primary production, houses 20% of the world's human population and has a large proportion of the planet's extensive wealth, besides it houses the last communities of large mammals in the world: highlighting its global importance.
Savannas are defined by the interaction between biotic and abiotic factors, from fires, to precipitation regime, or the shepherding of the great herbivores, depending on the interaction between the factors the types of savanna are determined.
According to Àlex Torres-Riera, "savannas are vital ecosystems that contribute significantly to the world's net primary production and host a large proportion of the human population and would earn extensive from the planet." The study underscores the need to assess and preserve these little tree-covered open places, which are often degraded in favor of planting trees.
This publication, focused on scientific dissemination, is promoted by the Delegation of the Central Coastal Cordillera of the Catalan Institution of Natural History (ICHN) and the Mataró City Council.
The complete results of the study can be consulted in the journal L’ATZAVARA.