(Solved) How do predator and prey populations depend on each other?

nycaznfreak

wrote...

Go to Answer

Posts: 17

Rep:

11 years ago

How do predator and prey populations depend on each other?

How would you explain the fluctuations between the two using the terms overpopulation, limiting factor and competition?

Read 1609 times

3 Replies

Report

Replies

Answer accepted by topic starter

oracion87

wrote...

Posts: 7

Rep:

11 years ago

Report

Related Topics

In a predator-prey coevolution, if the prey gains a defense to stop predation, then the predator may evolve..?
Solved A predator moth of the cacti is introduced. Eventually, how would the predator-prey relationship be affected?
Solved Prey, such as lemmings, may have a density-dependent effect on predator populations, such as those ...
Solved A predator lures its prey nearby by looking like the prey's favorite food. This is referred to as ...
Solved The cycle of change in the size of predator and prey populations in response of one to the other is ...
Solved In a simple experiment involving only predator and prey with no refuge,
Solved Most predator populations grow slowly in comparison to those of their prey (True or false?)
Solved When apparent competition occurs, the:

OhedaKing

wrote...

11 years ago

predator-relationships rely on each other. They pretty much COMPETE with each other. Prays want to live and predators want to eat them so they can live. if a LIMITING FACTOR, such as disease or parasite, is spread amongst the prey, the prey would decrease in size due to the disease and the predators would also decrease in size due to the lack of food. If disease spreads among the predators, the predators would decrease because they're dying off and the pray would increase because there is not enough predators to keep them at their carrying capacity. The pray, in this scenario, would OVERPOPULATE. If the pray population decreases, the predator population would increase. If the pray population decreases, the predator population would decrease. If the predator population increases, the pray population would increase to stay alive. If the predator population decrease, the pray population would increase because there are less predators. I hope i helped.

Report

NVWolf

wrote...

11 years ago

Predators are dependent on prey as a food source. Prey is dependent on predators to weed out the weak and keep their populations in check. When there is an overpopulation of prey, predators have a feeding frenzy and help bring those numbers down. This in turn causes a population explosion in the predator species. When the prey numbers have been significantly diminished, the weaker members of the predator species will die from starvation because there is greater competition between the predators for the food source. In this case, the prey species is the limiting factor for the population growth of the predator species. In other words, the factor that limits the population growth of the predator species is how much food (prey) is available.

Report

New Topic

Home Search Q & A Board Gallery Resource Library Blog Dictionary Chat	Quick Links Start a Topic Latest Topics Unanswered Questions Courses Study Tools Browse by Textbook	Social Facebook YouTube Community Stats Who's Online Trending Staff	Help About Us Take the Tour Study Tips Posting Guidelines Terms and Policies Contact Us
Biology Forums - Study Force © 2010-2024 \| Powered by SMF \| SMF © 2015, Simple Machines \| Sitemap Biology-Forums.com is not affiliated with any publisher. Book covers, title and author names appear for reference only.