Question

In a forest, lynx prey on rodents and birds in the summer. But because of rising temperatures, the birds in the forest have migrated to a cooler place. What effect will this migration have on the population of the rodents? Because there are fewer birds, the lynx will prey on rodents, leading to a in their population. This scenario depicts competition.

Answer 1

Answer:

Because there are fewer birds, the lynx will attack rodents, leading to a decrease in its population.

Explanation:

As we can see in the question above, the lynx feeds on rodents and birds. This allows the population of rodents and birds to be balanced because the lynx ends up having two hunting options. however, if the birds move to another location and the environment in which the lynx lives is left with no birds, it will only hunt rodents. This will be very harmful to rodents because it will decrease its population in an extreme way, and may cause the extinction of rodents in this environment. This will also affect the life of the lynx, which will run out of rodents and birds to feed.

Answer 2

The lynx won't be able to eat birds, so it will eat rodents instead. The rodent population will go down until the birds come back. The rodents may even go extinct. Because rodents eat grass, the growth of grass will go up if they are extinct.