Question

Suppose all the rabbits are killed by a disease. Explain how the absence of rabbits might affect the numbers of two other organisms in the food web.
1. Name of organism;
Effect of numbers;
Explanation;

2.Name if organism ;
Effect of numbers;
Explanation;

Answer 1

1. The wild dog numbers would decrease as there are no rabbits for them to eat and only pigeons of which there are a limited number of so it would be harder for the dogs to find food- survival of the fittest.

2. Pigeon numbers would decrease as they are now the wild dogs only food source so more pigeons would be killed for food to feed the large number of dogs.