After the boom-bust-boom of the fifties and sixties, the borough went into a third and more severe decline again in the mid-1970s along with much of the Rust Belt so that population was just 2,804 at the 2000 census. Now in the 2011 Brownsville still has a handful of buildings condemened or just borded up.
One threat to these Savanna biomes is the animals which graze upon it. Other biomes such as Taiga or Rainforest have a high tree quantity which means that less grass is able to grow for animals to graze on. However, since Savannas have few trees and much wide open space than other biomes an herbaceous layer grows much easier.
Facts About the Savanna. 1  Many animals of the savanna are endangered due to overhunting and loss of habitat. 2  The grassland in Australia is called the Bush. 3  Many animals migrate out of the savanna during the dry season. 4  Some animals in the savanna, like vultures and hyenas, are scavengers which eat other animal's kills. The African savanna boasts the largest land animal, the elephant, and the tallest land animal, the giraffe. The baobab tree can live for thousands of years. The savanna has the highest biodiversity of herbivore animals of any biome.