Asked by nunya

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.



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wolf

deer

fox

rabbit
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
wolf

Wolves are the top predator here (they eat rabbits, deer, and foxes). Removing wolves would cause major cascading effects—overpopulation of deer (overgrazing) and mesopredator release of foxes—disrupting the whole ecosystem.