A food web for a desert habitat is represented below. A combination of
hunting, habitat destruction, and disease cause a sudden drop in the coyote
population to less than 10% of the carrying capacity of this ecosystem. Which
scenario is most likely to follow this decline?
coyotes
roadrunners
rats
insects
lizards
shrubs
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cacti
A. The lizards will switch to eating cacti in order to survive changes
to the insect populations.
OB. The total energy of the ecosystem will decline as rat and
roadrunner populations swell and destroy primary producer
populations.
C. The biodiversity of the community will increase as predation