(A) Plants → Deer → Lion In the given food chain, what will be the impact of removing all the organisms of…
(A) Plants → Deer → Lion
In the given food chain, what will be the impact of removing all the organisms of second trophic level on the first and third trophic level? Will the impact be the same for the organisms of the third trophic level in the above food chain if they were present in a food web? Justify.
Solution
(A)
Number of plants/organisms of first trophic level will increase.
Number of lions/organisms of third trophic level will decrease.
No
As the organisms of that level will find alternative foods and will not starve to death / food web is more stable where other animals as prey may be available.