Which Trophic Interaction in a Community Is an Indirect Interaction

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Multiple Choice

Which trophic interaction in a community is an indirect interaction?

• A) Pocket gophers eat berries.
• B) Coyotes eat pocket gophers, causing an increase in berry-producing plants.
• C) Coyotes and short-tailed weasels both eat pocket gophers.
• D) Coyotes and ravens eat carrion from dead elk.
• E) Beavers eat the bark and leaves of aspen and the leaves and twigs of willow.

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