The Great Migration
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Volcanic Ash Soils of the Southern Plains and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.
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- Volcanic Ash Soils of the Southern Plains · fertilises · Southern Serengeti Short-Grass Plains
Ash from the Crater Highlands volcanoes forms the shallow phosphorus- and calcium-rich soils underlying the short-grass plains
- Synchronised Wildebeest Calving · depends_on · Volcanic Ash Soils of the Southern Plains
The plains chosen for calving are the ecosystem's driest but their ash-derived soils yield grass comparatively rich in phosphorus and calcium, the minerals a lactating female needs
- Synchronised Wildebeest Calving · occurs_on · Southern Serengeti Short-Grass Plains
The three-week birth pulse takes place on the short-grass plains and their westward continuation into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area