TABLE 25 I Equivalent ipecies In gr««land communiti 

 fhe world (modified from Aiiee el al. 1949: 470-471). 



Great Plains : Texan and Conianchian in the South : 

 Navahonian in contact with the Southwestern desert ; 

 Palusian corresponding with the bunch grass prairie : 

 and CaHfornian, including the California prairie. 

 The student should re-read Chapter 9 which gives 

 additional data on the grassland fauna especially in 

 regard to reptiles and invertebrates. 



OTHER BIOCIATIONS 



Grasslands in other parts of the world 

 (Brehm 1896, Haviland 1926, Stegmann 1938) are 

 occupied by species ecologically equivalent to those 

 that inhabit the grasslands of North Ainerica. The 

 parallel evolution of adjustments and behavior in 



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