Apart from being a part of the food chain, predators play other important roles. Mention any two such roles supported by examples.
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The Predators apart from being the part of the Food Chain, have many roles apart from it and they are discussed below:
1. They keep the prey species population under control.
2. They maintain the species diversity in a population.
The example supporting the point 1. is:
The prickly pear cactus in Australia in the early 1920's caused havoc by spreading in the rangeland. The moth(predator) was introduced to kill it.
The example supporting the 2. is:
The starfish of the American Pacific Coast, Pisaster, the predator. When removed more than 10 invertebrates were found to be extinct.
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