Question

12. A farmer is struggling to control the population of a certain insect on his farm. After researching population control techniques, he discovers that a particular bird is a predator of this insect. The farmer purchases a number of these birds and releases them onto his farm. How might the farmer's action most likely have a negative impact on the ecosystem

Answer 1

The farmer's action most likely have a negative impact on the ecosystem because may be there is no predator or controlling agent of that bird.

Why introduction of new bird cause problem?

We know that one organism is responsible for controlling the population of other organism so if such type of controlling agent is present, the organism grow rapidly and can harm the whole ecosystem.

So we can conclude that farmer's action have a negative impact on the ecosystem due to presence of no predator or controlling agent of that bird.

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