The following food web is from a forest ecosystem.
A food web from a forest ecosystem. The food web shows that swallowtail caterpillars consume persimmon trees, gray foxes consume swallowtail caterpillars, beavers consume silver maple trees, black bears consume persimmon trees and beavers, and bolete fungus decompose gray foxes and black bears.
A food web from a forest ecosystem. The food web shows that swallowtail caterpillars consume persimmon trees, gray foxes consume swallowtail caterpillars, beavers consume silver maple trees, black bears consume persimmon trees and beavers, and bolete fungus decompose gray foxes and black bears.
On a short timescale, what is most likely to happen if the black bear population gets smaller?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) The swallowtail caterpillar population will get smaller.
A
The swallowtail caterpillar population will get smaller.
(Choice B) The silver maple population will get larger.
B
The silver maple population will get larger.
(Choice C) The beaver population will get larger.
C
The beaver population will get larger.