Outline ways by which humans have affected the predator-prey balance resulting into harmful consequences.
- Deforestation has reduced availability of shelter for both predator and prey.
- Deliberate hunting and killing of predator has led to increase in numbers of certain prey organisms
- Water pollution has led to death of certain prey organisms with the result that certain predator organisms has greatly reduced in number.
- Deliberate capturing certain prey organisms for human consumption has greatly reduced the population of certain predator organisms.
- Mechanization and improved prey have encroached on the natural environment of certain predator-prey organisms. This has led to extinction of some feeding pairs.
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