A study of the dietary requirements of African elephants in a savanna environment, and the role the elephants play in that environment, would be an example of a topic studied in
A) biogeography.
B) ecology.
C) pedology.
D) plant biology.

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The study of the dietary requirements of African elephants in a savanna environment and their role in that environment involves the interactions between the elephants and their biotic and abiotic environment. This falls under the realm of ecology, which studies these interactions among living organisms (biotic) and their physical surroundings (abiotic). Biogeography is the study of the spatial distribution of living organisms and their relationships with their environment. Pedology is the study of soil and its properties. Plant biology focuses on the study of plants rather than the interactions between organisms and their environment.

A Study of the Dietary Requirements of African Elephants in a Savanna