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Rabbits may stay busy reproducing, but foxes eat rabbits.

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What is a change in the genetic composition of a population of organism over a period of time?

Evolution.


Difference between population change and population growth?

Population change refers to any increase or decrease in the size of a population, whereas population growth specifically refers to the overall increase in the population size over a given period, often expressed as a percentage. Population change can be influenced by factors such as births, deaths, immigration, and emigration, while population growth focuses on the net increase in population size resulting from these factors.


How does population size differ from population density?

Population density is the number of people resident in a unit area. Population increase / decrease would be CHANGE in the population density over time.


What happens when a population is not evolving?

When a population is not evolving, it means that the allele frequencies within the population are remaining stable over generations. This could occur if the population is experiencing no mutations, no gene flow, no genetic drift, no natural selection, and if mating is completely random. In essence, the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.


In what decade did Arizona have its largest gain and intotal population and percent change?

Arizona had its largest gain in total population and percent change in the 2000s. This was fueled by a combination of natural growth, domestic and international migration, and overall economic growth during that period.

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What happens to the population of rabbits if the population of foxes increases?

The foxes have no predator's in their environment.


How do ecosystems fallapart?

If one of the species in the ecosystem overpopulates or is over-hunted, it causes a ripple effect. For example, if foxes stopped being hunted, they would overpopulate, which would lead to a decline in the rabbit population. Then, the rabbits would be over-hunted, and the foxes would die out and the rabbits would overpopulate. They would eat all of the vegetation, and it would die out. Then the rabbits would die. Then the foxes would die.


How could the evolution of a characteristic within one species affect the evolution of a characteristic within another species?

A simple coevolution explanation here. A population of rabbits that is running faster, on average, over time is going to affect the population of foxes that pursue the rabbits as food. Some foxes will have variations that lead to faster running and these foxes will be the ones that are reproductively successful and give rise to following generations of foxes.


What will happen to the fur thickness of a population of rabbits over time living in a very warm climate?

When a population of rabbits lives in a very warm climate its fur will decrease in density over time, becoming thinner and lighter.


How many fennec foxes are there in the world?

The population of the Fennec Fox is unknown


Why do foxes kill rabbits and why do they bite off the head?

Foxes kill rabbits to eat them, or at least that is the primary objective. Sometimes predators kill simply because that is their nature. Cats bring mice and birds home without eating them, bull-dogs kill bulls and don't eat them, terriers kill rats without eating them, etc. The decapitation is simply the result of the manner of execution. Foxes strangle rabbits by biting them in the throat and then jerking them around, and decapitation can be the result of over-enthusiasm.


What Has Britain Brought To Australia?

The British bought over alot of things that are convienient to most families lifestyle, this including, animals(pigs, cows, rabbits, foxes, sheep, horses, cattle), food including our main vitamins and protien, weapons and convicts.


Decrease in fox population is a result in?

There are many contributing factors that could be the cause for a decrease in fox population. Over population, not enough food, disease, or over hunting or poaching any of these could be the reason for a decrease in the population.


What are enemies of cottontail rabbits?

There are 16 species of Cottontail Rabbit. Depending on location, the Cottontail rabbits are often hunted by eagles, hawks, owls, raptors, coyotes, bobcats, cougars, weasels, foxes, alligators, large snakes, and people.a 12 gauge


How did the Rabbits in Australia upset the Balance of Nature?

In Australia in the 1950s, the rabbit population was so large that they ate the land bare and erosion set in, making the land infertile. The government attempted to reduce the rabbit population by introducing foxes, wire fences and poisons, but nothing worked. Finally, they intentionally infected rabbits in the most populated areas. The virus was transmitted from rabbit to rabbit by insects. Over the next three years rabbits died by the millions, agriculture rebounded and everybody was happy. Then, unfortunately, there was a sudden upset in the balance of nature. The Explorit Science Center reports that the virus had been successfully introduced into European rabbits too and, "with a scarcity of rabbits, foxes began eating poultry, rats and mice. The resulting reduction in the numbers of mice caused a decline in the numbers of owls whose normal diet (mice) became less abundant" - and this disruption continued down the food chain (explorit.org).


What does Population change mean in geography terms?

to find the population change, you subtract the natural increase of a place from the net migration to get the populatiopn change. it shows the change in that place's population over the last time


What is evoltuion?

Evolution is change over time in a population of organisms. Formal and impressive to teacher definition is this; ' Evolution is the change in allele frequency over time in a population of organisms. '