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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoTwo things limit prey:
Availability of sufficient food and water
Population of predators
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What would not be a limiting factor to the size of a large dense population?
predator/prey relationship
What relationship occurs between prey and another organism?
predator kills and eats prey for its survival. When the predator population increases, the prey population decreases because of too many hunters. When the prey population decreases, the predator population decreases because of the lack of food. Then, the prey population increases because there aren't that many predators and the process repeats itself.
What happens when the cycling of matter in ecosystems is disrupted?
The predator eats the prey in the food chain. As the population is stable, the food chain won't wreck. There's an interdependence between the prey and the predator in the food chain. The prey should be there to feed some food to their predator, and the predator also needs to be there to control their prey population from exploding. Changes in animal population can wreck the food chain. If the prey population decreases, the predator population would also decrease as there'll be less food for them to eat. If the predator population decreases, the prey population would increase because less predators means less preys gets hunted down, so there'll be more preys. If the prey population increases, then the predator population would also increase because there'll be more food for them to eat and there should be more predators to take more control patrol of their prey population. If the predator population increases, then the prey population would decrease because more predators means more preys gets hunted down, so there'll be less preys. Animal Population Change Formula: Prey Decrease→Predator Decrease Predator Decrease→Prey Increase Prey Increase→Predator Increase Predator Increase→Prey Decrease
How can prey control a predator's population?
The prey could easily be poisonous and kill the predator, cutting down population. Or the prey is over populated and the predator has more food causing them to be able to produce more population!
Why are predator-prey relationships important in an ecosystem?
Yes. The predator, of course, needs food, but the prey benefits too because if the predator did not eat the prey, the prey population would grow and grow until food ran and and the prey population would die of starvation.
What limits the number of species that can survive in a habitat?
Various limiting factors can retard the growth of a predator population. The greatest limiting factor is generally the availability of prey. The predators depend on the prey population for sustenance, and if prey population dwindles, predator population does as well. Other factors can limit a population as well, such as the abudance of abiotic resources (water, etc) and territory.
What is a density-dependent factor limiting population growth?
Parasitism
When does a predator tend to be larger than its prey?
A predator tends to be larger than its prey, and to have a slower population growth rate.
How can population growth increase the premature extinction of wildlife?
when a predator developes a population growth increase, its prey will be over-hunted and could cause premature extinction
How can predator and prey population's limit each other's growth rates?
if predators will be more more prey will be killed if prey will be less predator will die of hunger
What would not be a limiting factor to the size of a large dense population?
predator/prey relationship
What is a limiting factor for the A limiting factor in an ecosystem is a needed resource that is in limited supply what would be a limiting factor for a predator species?
Study Island: the population size of their prey
What factors besides weather might influence the population growth of whooping cranes?
Available food supply - which is dependent on a prey supporting habitat. But I believe in the case of the Whooping crane the most serious factor is safe nesting habitat.
Why is there lag time between the increase in the prey population and the predator population?
Because when a predator feeds on prey, the prey population goes down. When the prey population goes down, then so does the predator population. When the prey population recovers, then the predators soon after prey on the prey, and it repeats.
The population size of a predator species is directly controlled by?
The population size (number) of a predator species is directly controlled by the availability of a food source (prey). The more prey available, the greater growth in the number of predator species.
What is an ecological Predator?
- larger than its prey, slower population growth than its prey, one predator individual consumes many prey individuals, immediately fatal to its host; an organism that feeds by preying on other organisms, killing them for food.
What limits the size of a squid?
Prey size and availability.
