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Since all living things are connecting in one way or another, yes, if one is eliminated, the ecosystem will be affected. Depending on the species removed, this could be a minor or very major impact. Tigers are considered apex predators, since they are at the top of the food chain.
Apex predators are responsible for keeping the populations of prey species in check, so without tigers, numbers of deer and other grazing animals will increase. With more grazing animals, more plant life will be eaten, reducing habitat for small animals that live in undergrowth, reducing food for herbivorous insects, reducing the population of the birds and animals that eat those insects, and even affecting the abiotic environment eventually, as more plants die of overgrazing, soil erosion along riverbanks will increase, changing the water chemistry and increasing sediment.
These impacts were seen in Yellowstone when wolves were being highly hunted. When wolves were reintroduced, balance was restored, and people learned what happened when you took out a part of the food chain. Hopefully people will see how important tigers are to the ecosystem as a whole and better measures will be taken to protect them and their habitat.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoBiodiversity is reduced and we will never know whether the organism could contain a chemical that cures cancer or Hiv Aids. We must strive to lower our impact on the world's natural organisms. We may be the next
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∙ 10y ago- gago kayo
- Evolution ans extinction are continuous processes. If some organism particulrly the consumers get extinct, nothing major will happen, only the population of those organisms will increase on which these consumers were praying.
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∙ 12y agoPeople would die because there is no oxygen
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∙ 14y agoThis happens frequently - and it is called extinction.
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∙ 13y agoThen the ecosystem becomes messed up. Its like a chain reaction, if something happens to on thing it'll happen to another. Then soon the ecosystem will fall apart and die.
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∙ 15y agoMagic like natural selection
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Why will there be a shortage of food if plants and animals become extinct?
If all animals go extinct there will be no need for food!
When plants and animals cease to exist they are said to be?
When a species dies out completely, it becomes extinct.
Do animals die from rainforest pollution?
Animals are killed from deforestation and scientists believe that many species of animals and plants become extinct everyday in the amazon rain forest.
Why were plants and animals extinct during the Paleogene?
they were unable to adapt to the volcanos that were underwater erupting into the oceans and so there were none
What animals have gone extinct in the last 300 years?
Many animals have become extinct since 1714. Examples include: Vegas Valley leopard frog, Alberca Silverside, San Quintin Kangaroo Rat, Sclater's Shrew and Puebla Dee Mouse.
Why will there be a shortage of food if plants and animals become extinct?
If all animals go extinct there will be no need for food!
What are some of the effects of habitat destructions?
animals will die,plants will die,animals and plants might become extinct.
What are some of the effects of habitat destruction?
animals will die,plants will die,animals and plants might become extinct.
Are people the main reason that animals and plants become extinct?
yes
How many species of plants and animals become extinct everyday as their habitate and human influences destroy them?
how many species of plants and animals become extinct every day as their habitat and human influences destroy them
Protecting animals and plants making sure they do not become extinct?
the answer fer this is conservation
How they become extinct?
Animals and plants often become extinct because of the destruction of their environment or over cultivation or hunting. They can also become extinct because of pollution or damage to the ecosystem through development.
When plants and animals cease to exist they are said to be?
When a species dies out completely, it becomes extinct.
How many plants and animals become extinct everyday as their habitat and human influences destroy them?
50-100
How many species of plants and animals become extinct everyday as their habitat and human influences destroy them?
100-150
What are some recently extinct plants?
There are thousands. Today, a rate of about 25 species become extinct every day. It isn't hard to find a list of extinct animals on the internet, just search "extinct animals" or "list of extinct animals" on a search engines.
What are endagared plants?
Those plants that are about to become extinct.
