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Imagine an island covered in forests that has a population with deer that have no predators.

1) What will happen to the population of deer with no predators in their food web?

(2) What will happen to other species of plants and herbivores on the island?

(3) What could scientists do to balance this ecosystem?​

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1) The population of deers will continuously grow.

2) They will rapidly consume large amounts of plants.

3) Scientists could put carnivores and/or omnivores to balance this ecosystem.

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