Long-billed curlews eat many different kinds of insects, including grasshoppers, as a source of food. It has been shown that pesticide use kills many of these insects. How would you expect an increase in pesticide use to affect to the population of long-billed curlews in the same area?(1 point)

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It would not be affected.
It would not be affected.

It would stay the same.
It would stay the same.

It would decrease.
It would decrease.

It would increase.

Answer 1

It would decrease.

An increase in pesticide use would likely reduce the population of insects, including grasshoppers, which are an important food source for long-billed curlews. As their food supply diminishes, the curlew population is expected to decline as a result.