Question

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE SIZE OF THE CARNIVORE POPULATION IF THE HERBIVORE POPULATION INCREASED

Answer 1

Answer: Herbivores are the primary consumers in the food chain as they feed on the producers like plants. Carnivores feed on herbivores and so they are the secondary consumers or predators of herbivores.

If the herbivore population is increased, initially there will be more availability of food for the carnivores. Due to this, the size of carnivore population increases. As a result, gradually the herbivores now start depleting and they reach to a point that they are not sufficient to feed all the predators. This eventually causes the death of predators so that again the population of herbivore can reach the equilibrium.

Answer 2

The carnivore population would also increase because there would be a larger food-source for carnivorous so more of them would be able to survive