Answer;
The above statement is True
Natural controls based on food competition tend to keep a community in balance.
Explanation;
- The state of balance or dynamic equilibrium in an ecosystem is produced by the interaction of two opposing natural forces, that is; the biotic potential of the species and the environmental resistance.
- Environmental resistance includes the factors of natural control, that is all the environmental factors that may act to limit population growth. The most important factors of natural control, includes; natural enemies, food, weather and other physical factors, intraspecific and interspecific competition among others.