Question

Which of the following is an advantage of depredation?
A. It serves as conduits for energy transfer across trophic levels.
B. It keeps the population of organisms of lower trophic levels under control.
C. Predators help in maintaining species diversity in a community by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species.
D. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Predation is a biological process in which a predator kills and consumes a prey. It's part of a group of feeding behaviours that also includes parasitism, micropredation, and parasitoidism. All of the misery that humans inflict on one another is referred to as depredation. The noun prada "prey" is turned into the verb prendre, which means "to pillage'' in Latin. As if that weren't enough, they threw in the prefix de-, which means "completely", to make a term that expresses it all.

Complete answer:
Option A: It acts as a conduit for the movement of energy between trophic levels. It keeps the number of lower-trophic-level organisms under check. By lowering the intensity of competition among competing prey species, predators aid in the preservation of species variety in a community.
So, option A is incorrect.
Option B: Because most pastures are already overgrazed, sheep are forced to shift to steeper, less productive pastures. Improving natural prey species feeding conditions is a long-term goal that will help reduce depredation pressures on domestic cattle.
So, option B is not correct.
Option C: It serves as a channel for energy transfer between trophic levels. It helps to keep the population of lower-trophic-level organisms in check. Predators contribute to the preservation of species diversity in a community by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species.
So, option C is incorrect.
Option D: The majority of pastures are already heavily grazed, causing sheep to move to steeper, less productive pastures. Improving feeding conditions for natural prey species is a long-term goal that will assist lessen depredation pressures on domestic cattle.
So, option D is correct.

Hence, Option D is the correct answer.

Note:
A relationship between two organisms of different species in which one behaves as a predator, capturing and feeding on the other, which functions as the prey. Predation is a population control method in ecology. As a result, when predators are limited, the number of prey should increase. Predators would be able to breed more and possibly shift their hunting habits if this happened. As the number of predators grows, the number of prey diminishes. This causes food scarcity for predators, which can lead to the death of many predators.