Giant Pandas: Interactions Between Animal Species With Red Panda
Interactions between animal species:
The interaction that the Giant Panda has with Red Panda is competition for bamboo; since, both pandas want the same bamboo in the same place. Competition is defined as two or more species use the same resource and both species end up unsatisfied. Not only, will they both compete for other resources such as territory. If two species use the same resources, they cannot live in the same region because there will be too much competition. Due to deforestation for urbanization bamboo is limited meaning that since Giant Pandas consume so much a day there might not be enough bamboo to feed each Giant Panda and Red Panda in the ecosystem; bamboo even though, fast growing is limited. If the Red Pandas were not able to receive enough of bamboo they will try …show more content…
to get more energy from other resource like fruits, succulent grasses, grubs, and sometimes birds and other small mammals.
However, since bamboo consists of 85 to 95 percent of their diet, they will most likely start dying off. Effecting the Red Pandas predators such as the Snow Leopards, Martens, and Birds of Prey because this could affect their diet, because one less species that they can eat.
If Giant Pandas went extinct:
There are about 1,600 Giant Pandas in the wild and more than 300 in zoos. Giant Pandas are classified as an endangered species. Giant Pandas play a crucial role in China’s bamboo forest by eating and digesting bamboo so the seeds are dispersed. Since, Giant Pandas are known to travel widespread this helps disperse the seeds of bamboo, which results in the growth in the bamboo species of the environment. If the Giant Pandas went extinct then it would affect the animals and vegetation that live in the bamboo forests. The extinction of the Giant Panda could lead to the
extinction of other endangered animals such as the Golden-Snub monkey. The Golden-Snub monkeys use their claws for climbing the bamboo trees for protection from predators and they use their tails to hang on bamboo trees. Not only will it lead to endangered animals to become extinct, since less bamboo seeds are being dispersed that means the organisms that live and take shelter in the canes of bamboo plants now have limited or maybe even no habitat any longer. It will also affect insects such as stick bugs that have adapted to look like bamboo sticks. The Giant Panda and the Red Panda have an overlapping habitat in Sichuan, China. The Red Panda will keep the bamboo in this region limited, but still existent; whereas in other regions the Giant Panda tends inhabits such as Shaanzi and Gansu provinces of China the bamboo will no longer exist. Also, the Giant Panda eats 20 to 45 pounds of bamboo a day and the Red Panda eats two to four pounds a day which limits the growth of the bamboo. The Giant Panda is a big link in the food chain in China, so the whole biodiversity in the community will be affected because there is a missing link. The Giant Pandas provides the habitat in which other species thrive and in live.
The interaction that the Giant Panda has with Red Panda is competition for bamboo; since, both pandas want the same bamboo in the same place. Competition is defined as two or more species use the same resource and both species end up unsatisfied. Not only, will they both compete for other resources such as territory. If two species use the same resources, they cannot live in the same region because there will be too much competition. Due to deforestation for urbanization bamboo is limited meaning that since Giant Pandas consume so much a day there might not be enough bamboo to feed each Giant Panda and Red Panda in the ecosystem; bamboo even though, fast growing is limited. If the Red Pandas were not able to receive enough of bamboo they will try …show more content…
to get more energy from other resource like fruits, succulent grasses, grubs, and sometimes birds and other small mammals.
However, since bamboo consists of 85 to 95 percent of their diet, they will most likely start dying off. Effecting the Red Pandas predators such as the Snow Leopards, Martens, and Birds of Prey because this could affect their diet, because one less species that they can eat.
If Giant Pandas went extinct:
There are about 1,600 Giant Pandas in the wild and more than 300 in zoos. Giant Pandas are classified as an endangered species. Giant Pandas play a crucial role in China’s bamboo forest by eating and digesting bamboo so the seeds are dispersed. Since, Giant Pandas are known to travel widespread this helps disperse the seeds of bamboo, which results in the growth in the bamboo species of the environment. If the Giant Pandas went extinct then it would affect the animals and vegetation that live in the bamboo forests. The extinction of the Giant Panda could lead to the
extinction of other endangered animals such as the Golden-Snub monkey. The Golden-Snub monkeys use their claws for climbing the bamboo trees for protection from predators and they use their tails to hang on bamboo trees. Not only will it lead to endangered animals to become extinct, since less bamboo seeds are being dispersed that means the organisms that live and take shelter in the canes of bamboo plants now have limited or maybe even no habitat any longer. It will also affect insects such as stick bugs that have adapted to look like bamboo sticks. The Giant Panda and the Red Panda have an overlapping habitat in Sichuan, China. The Red Panda will keep the bamboo in this region limited, but still existent; whereas in other regions the Giant Panda tends inhabits such as Shaanzi and Gansu provinces of China the bamboo will no longer exist. Also, the Giant Panda eats 20 to 45 pounds of bamboo a day and the Red Panda eats two to four pounds a day which limits the growth of the bamboo. The Giant Panda is a big link in the food chain in China, so the whole biodiversity in the community will be affected because there is a missing link. The Giant Pandas provides the habitat in which other species thrive and in live.