1. The following shows a food web that was present on the Channel Islands 200 years ago. From the information presented in the article, sketch the following animals into this food web to show how the food web might look today: feral pigs, golden eagles.

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1. The following shows a food web that was present on the Channel Islands 200 years ago. From the information presented in the article, sketch the following animals into this food web to show how the food web might look today: feral pigs, golden eagles.
skunk

SKUNK             FOX
^                         ^
|                          |
Insects          Lizards
birds                 Mice

2. Why do ecologists blame feral pigs for the decline in the fox populations on the Channel Islands?

3. What does apparent competition mean? How is it different from direct competition? Which two animal species were involved in apparent competition?

4. Why didn’t the pig population or the skunk population decline?

5. Why do ecologists think that eradicating feral pigs from the Channel Islands will help the fox populations to rebound?

please help :( (I have a D in biology)

bigpapa · Accepted Answer

i believe cats, foxes, pigs, etc. should not be mutilated:) thanks appreciate it

help · Answer

By the way, skunk eats insects and birds and the fox eats the lizards and mice

PsyDAG · Answer

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No food web shown. Cannot copy and paste here.