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How does the population of red-tailed hawks affect the population of prairie dogs living in the meadow? How does the population of prairie dogs affect nonliving parts of the meadow, such as soil? Help, please.

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Red tailed hawks will often prey on prairie dogs. The hawks will eat the prairies dogs so they will lessen the population. Prairies dogs create more fertile soil, so this allows plants to germinate, or grow. This results in more food for prairie dogs and thus more food for hawks.

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