Why does low biodiversity in an ecosystem tends to increase the proportion of ticks carrying Lyme disease? missing/decreased populations of species that eat ticks and prevent them from passing on the disease AND higher populations of disease resevoirs like mice O a decrease in the number of naturally occuring plant-derived medicines Ofewer large animals (which provide disease reservoirs) and increased number of domestic animals which are vaccinated O decreased diversity of other bacterial, reducing bacterial competition and allowing the disease to flourish

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Why does low biodiversity in an ecosystem tends to increase the proportion of ticks carrying Lyme disease?
Omissing/decreased populations of species that eat ticks and prevent them from passing on the disease AND higher populations of disease resevoirs like mice
O a decrease in the number of naturally occuring plant-derived medicines
O fewer large animals (which provide disease reservoirs) and increased number of domestic animals which are vaccinated
Odecreased diversity of other bacterial, reducing bacterial competition and allowing the disease to flourish
Transcribed Image Text:Question 7 Why does low biodiversity in an ecosystem tends to increase the proportion of ticks carrying Lyme disease? Omissing/decreased populations of species that eat ticks and prevent them from passing on the disease AND higher populations of disease resevoirs like mice O a decrease in the number of naturally occuring plant-derived medicines O fewer large animals (which provide disease reservoirs) and increased number of domestic animals which are vaccinated Odecreased diversity of other bacterial, reducing bacterial competition and allowing the disease to flourish
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