B. Decrease. The shrew population is dependent upon the grasshoppers as a prey item. A decrease in the available prey would result in a decrease in the predator population due to lack of resources to support the current population.
Although amphibious frogs live on land and in water, they must lay their eggs in water or the eggs will dry up, effectively killing the offspring inside. Frog eggs are covered with a glycoprotein, which helps keep the eggs moist. This glycoprotein has to keep in contact with a source of moisture, such as water.
The possibility for all of the mentioned birds to live all in a same area is because they are all specialized and occupy a certain niche in the food chain, thus not standing in each others ways when it comes to competition for food.
All of these birds have adapted to be able to survive in their respective environment, developing characteristics that will enable them to be superior in something. Through natural selection, the individuals that were performing better, got the chance to mate, thus the offspring was better adapted and stronger in its niche of the food chain.
The robins and the blue jays are birds that are very opportunistic in their food choice, thus giving them greater flexibility and ability to survive, they mostly feed on worms, insects, fruits, vegetables, so they have a big menu.
The finches are specialized in eating nuts and seeds, thus avoiding the competition with the previous two, thus having that food type for themselves.
The owls and hawks are both birds of pray, but the owls hunt mostly at night, while the eagles during the day. Also, the owls prefer to have rodents as their pray, while the hawks are mostly eating other birds, thus not standing in each other's ways.
conduct research on the types of organisms that live in the ecosystem you choose -
Ecosystems, or biological communities, comprise both living organisms such as animals, plants, insects, and microorganisms and nonliving components such as rocks, soil, water, and sunshine.
- Producers are plants and algae that manufacture their own sustenance.
- Herbivores eat plants and are classified as main consumers.
- Secondary consumers are carnivores that devour herbivores at the third level.
- Tertiary consumers are predators that consume other carnivores.
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