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Imagine disease kills 85 percent of the wolf population. How will it affect the other organisms?

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In a food web, all the organisms are related to each other and a change in population of one organism will affect the population of others. In a food web, wolves eat herbivorous animals, such as rabbits, deer, etc. These herbivores, in turn, eat plants and grass. Wolves may, themselves, be food for higher carnivores. Thus, if a disease kills 85% of the wolf population, their prey (rabbits, deer, etc.) will have very...
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If 85% of the wolves will be dead, the population of other organisms that they were preying on would increase. The lives of the preys such as the deer, rabbits, moose, and other will be less dangerous.

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