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Topic 7 - Ecology (P2)
Organisation of an ecosystem
Predator prey cycles
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What is a stable community in predator prey cycles?
The
numbers
of
predators
and
prey rise
and
fall
in
cycles
What should prey population be higher than?
Predator population
As prey population increases, what happens to the predatory population?
it increases as the
predators
have more food
What happens to prey population when predatory population increases?
it starts to
decrease
as the prey are hunted more
What happens to the predator population when prey population decreases?
It decreases as there is less food available for the
predators
What happens to the prey population when predator population decreases?
it
increases
as they are hunted less