Question

Explain how predation, disease, and competition impact a population-based upon scale and distribution of the organisms.

Answer 1

All three would decrease the size of the population of the organism. If an organism suddenly has a new predator, the organism's population will decline and it is likely that the members of the prey's population would disperse in an attempt to survive. Disease would just kill off the population in general, maybe the organism's population would distribute itself differently in order to avoid catching the disease. Competition would decrease the amount of food, water, and/or land available to the organism's population causing it to decrease or change habitats in an attempt to find another food source