Elk (Wapiti): Preferred Habitat
Elk
(Wapiti)
Preferred Habitat:
The most productive habitat for elk is aspen. Aspen areas can contain and support large numbers of elk. Some other preferred habitats are oakbrush, mountain shrub, conifer, spruce fir, and ponderosa pine. Oakbrush can provide coverage and food for the elk. Most of these habitats provide coverage,forage, and security for elk.
Place in the food web: Below is a picture of a food web of animals in Yellowstone National Park. The elk is a primary consumer in a food web, along with pronghorns, beavers, cutthroat trout, and deer mice. A primary consumer is an organism that gets its energy from a producer. Without any primary consumers in a food web the producer populations would be out of control, and the secondary
(Wapiti)
Preferred Habitat:
The most productive habitat for elk is aspen. Aspen areas can contain and support large numbers of elk. Some other preferred habitats are oakbrush, mountain shrub, conifer, spruce fir, and ponderosa pine. Oakbrush can provide coverage and food for the elk. Most of these habitats provide coverage,forage, and security for elk.
Place in the food web: Below is a picture of a food web of animals in Yellowstone National Park. The elk is a primary consumer in a food web, along with pronghorns, beavers, cutthroat trout, and deer mice. A primary consumer is an organism that gets its energy from a producer. Without any primary consumers in a food web the producer populations would be out of control, and the secondary