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22 August, 23:06

In a certain ecosystem, owls are predators for mice. The owl population increases, and they eat more mice. This causes the mouse population to decrease. What happens next?

the birthrate of owls increases

the birthrate of mice increases

the population of owls decreases

the population of mice increases

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  1. 22 August, 23:15
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    C. The population of owls decreases.

    Owls are known to be a predator that depends on mice or other animals for food In order to survive. However, increase in population of owls will automatically crash the population of the mice or other prey species as the owls eat them and this will lead to a resultant crash in owls population.
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