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The pine borer beetle is a parasite to the pine tree. What would most likely happen to the pine tree population if the beetle population decreased?
decrease
increase
become extinct
stay the same
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increase
With fewer parasitic beetles, there would be less damage and mortality to pine trees, so the pine tree population would most likely rise.
With fewer parasitic beetles, there would be less damage and mortality to pine trees, so the pine tree population would most likely rise.
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