An old elk dies during a snowstorm in Yellowstone National Park. When the storm clears, coyotes forage on the fresh flesh of the elk. Following this, birds such as vultures forage on the rotting meat
Lastly, insects and worms consume the last of the fragments of tissue of this once large and magnificent animal. This is an example of
a. Predation
b. Extinction
c. niche modification
d. resource partitioning
e. all of these answers
D
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