Food Chain pyramid/diagram representing a numbers pyramid for the Alpine zone of Glacier National Park
Food Chain pyramid/diagram representing a numbers pyramid for the Alpine zone of Glacier National Park
At the top are the tertiary (third-order) consumers are the predators (represented by the Golden eagle and Swainson's hawk) that feed on other predators; Secondary consumers are the predators (represented by weasels and shrews) that eat herbivores; Primary consumers (plant eaters, or herbivores represented by pikas, marmots, ground squirrels, and ptarmigans) convert plant tissue into animal flesh; and the Producers are the green plants at the base of the food pyramid, manufacturing food for the animals of the alpine community
Ms. Strain completed work as a subcontract artist for Morgan-Burchette Associates, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia.; Abbr=PUB