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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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fox

wolf

deer

rabbit

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wolf

Wolves are the apex predator here: they eat deer, rabbits, and foxes. Removing wolves would cause cascading effects (deer overpopulation and overgrazing, release of mesopredators like foxes altering rabbit numbers, and general ecosystem imbalance).