What would happen if the population of deer decreases in a forest?
How would it affect the food chains of which deer are a part?
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Answer: If deer is missing in this food chain, then the population of grass will increase because it won't be eaten by deer and thus, will accumulate while the population of tigers will decrease because they won't get their food i.e. deer and will ultimately starve and die. Deer is a food for the tiger. If all the deer populations from the forest are removed , then there will be no sufficient food available to the tigers. This will disturb the food chain in which tigers operate. The hungry tigers can come out of the forest in search of food and may kill domestic animals or human beings. Since the deer are herbivorous, there absence will increase the grassland area also. This on the whole will disturb the balance of ecosystem.
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Certainly. Deers are herbivorous meaning they eat plants. Carnivorous creatures such as cheetahs are dependant on herbivores for food and nutrition. The downfall of one member of the food chain leads to the downfall of the others members. The population of cheetahs would then also decrease in the forest as they would not have man deer left to eat.