One year, the mouse population increased. What effect could this have on the owls and grasshoppers?
Answer (1)
Owls would benefit because mice are their prey. More mice means more food, so owl populations may increase.Grasshoppers might increase too because with more mice, predators may shift away from grasshoppers, allowing their numbers to grow—unless mice eat plants that grasshoppers need, in which case they may compete.It shows how a change in one population affects others in the food web.
