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In a protected grassland preserve, there are herds of antelope and zebra and a pride of fifteen lionesses with cubs. A conservation program for lions plans to move the pride to a national park fifty miles north. What effect would this move have on the stability of this grassland preserve? A) The herbivorous animals would thrive and continue to live on the grassland for many generations. B) The herbivorous animals would also migrate to the national park, because ecosystems tend to maintain balance. C) The herbivorous animal populations would decline as they are now easy targets for hunters and other predators. D) The herbivorous animals would initially thrive, but eventual overgrazing would lead to starvation or migration.

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gracedbymusic
I would say D because with the removal of the predators from the environment, the antelope and zebra would continue eating the plant life around them and grow in population. However, this would most likely lead to over population in which not enough food would be left for the population to thrive, resulting in starvation, and soon enough, mandatory migration. Even if you had another species take over the position of the lions in this particular ecosystem, I believe they would not be able to control the population of the antelope and zebra.
Matti28
D because without predators keeping the hebavor population down which steadies the producer population. Without the lions you will have an increase in herbavor population which needs more producers for food, which then makes the enviroment unstable.