Explain how changes in resource availability can affect populations in an ecosystem. Include what happens when

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Explain how changes in resource availability can affect populations in an ecosystem. Include what happens when resources are plentiful versus scarce, and provide one example from the unit (e.g., garlic mustard, curlew population, drought, etc.)

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When resources are plentiful, populations increase due to higher survival and reproduction, but when resources are scarce, competition, starvation, and reduced breeding cause population declines — for example, drought can reduce food and water for curlews, decreasing their numbers.

Explain how changes in resource availability can affect populations in an ecosystem. Include what happens when resources are plentiful versus scarce, and provide one example from the unit (e.g., garlic mustard, curlew population, drought, etc.)

(4 points) in one short sentence

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Explain how changes in resource availability can affect populations in an ecosystem. Include what happens when resources are plentiful versus scarce, and provide one example from the unit (e.g., garlic mustard, curlew population, drought, etc.) ​(4 points) in one short sentence

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Explain how changes in resource availability can affect populations in an ecosystem. Include what happens when resources are plentiful versus scarce, and provide one example from the unit (e.g., garlic mustard, curlew population, drought, etc.)

(4 points) in one short sentence