In a certain ecosystem, rattlesnakes are predators of prairie dogs. An unusually wet spring increases the population of grasses and other plants that prairie dogs eat. The prairie dog population increases. How is the ecosystem most likely to regain stability?
a) the rattlesnake population will start to increase
b) the prairie dog population will decrease rapidly
c) the prairie dog population will begin to prey on the rattlesnakes
d) the rattlesnake population will start to decrease
Ans: a) the rattlesnake population will start to increase
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