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How could the gain or loss of the species of owl affect the ecosystem

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Without owls the food chain will be off balanced. Also some animals will become over populated. These animals are important to farmers because they kill/eat rodents that kill the farmers crops and helps keep balance in the food chain. [Google]

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Owls that feed in agricultural areas provide benefits to humans by killing large numbers of small rodents which might otherwise eat crops in the field or in storage. Barn Owls are specialist birds and highly adapted to suit their ecological role as hunters of small mammals in open habitat and low light conditions.Oct 4, 2011

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