Asked by happy Halloween :)

Biodiversity and Ecological Health Quick Check
1 of 4
Imagine that an ecosystem contains rabbits, foxes, wolves, and deer. The following predator-prey relationships exist:

Rabbits are eaten by foxes and wolves
Deer are eaten by wolves
Foxes are eaten by wolves
Select the animal whose absence would have the greatest negative effect on the ecosystem.



(1 point)

rabbit

fox

deer

wolf
Skip to navigation

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
wolf

Removing wolves (the top predator) would cause the biggest disruption: fewer checks on fox and deer populations, mesopredator release and overbrowsing by deer, and cascading changes to vegetation and other species.