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In a forest, gazelles were the main source of food for cheetahs. The gazelles depended on grasses and shrubs for their food. A mysterious disease quickly spread among the cheetahs, killing many of them. What impact would the decline of the cheetah population have on resource availability?
Because the number of cheetahs declined, the population of gazelles will most likely . This situation, in turn, will lead to increased between the gazelles and other herbivorous animals that eat the same food as gazelles.

Answer 1

due to natural selection , if the predator of the gazelle declines, then the prey the gazelles will increase since there isn't many cheetahs killing them anymore.

the second should be competition, since there will be more gazelles needing to eat.

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