Multiple choice

Removal of keystone predators from a community will result in

  1. decrease in primary productivity

  2. dominance of an alternate predator

  3. usual decline in species diversity

  4. increase in prey population densities

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Removal of keystone predators from a community will result in increase in prey population densities. Keystone predators are the predators that have an extremely large effect on its surroundings relative to its affluence.