Take for example the pronghorn -- elimination of its predator (the American cheetah) doesn't appear to have had a greatly negative impact on the species.
On t'other hand, elimination of wolves has caused problems for other species of deer which were their prey. The deer tend to breed out of control, eat and kill their food, and then their population crashes when they starve. Eventually the vegetation recovers, and the deer population undergoes another cycle of explode/crash.
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Take for example the pronghorn -- elimination of its predator (the American cheetah) doesn't appear to have had a greatly negative impact on the species.
On t'other hand, elimination of wolves has caused problems for other species of deer which were their prey. The deer tend to breed out of control, eat and kill their food, and then their population crashes when they starve. Eventually the vegetation recovers, and the deer population undergoes another cycle of explode/crash.
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