Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 56, Problem 2A
The presence of a predatory species
a. always drives a prey species to extinction.
b. can positively affect a prey species by having a detrimental effect on competing species.
c. indicates that the climax stage of succession has been reached.
d. None of the choices is correct.
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