Desert Food Chains

Describes the interaction of predators, prey, plants, and non-living elements that make up the food chain in the Sonoran Desert, and touches on what happens to the food chain when the balance of nature is upset.

Introduces some of the plants and animals that make up the desert food chain, including the mesquite tree, turkey vulture, kit fox, Gila monster, roadrunner, and coyote.

Describes the food chain of a desert, from the plants that live in the desert to the herbivores, carnivores, and top carnivores, and explains how the chain is affected by seasons, decomposers, and human interference.

Books about Desert Food Chains

This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in a desert habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can