After Pumas Were Hunted to Extinction in a Region of North

question 154

Short Answer

After pumas were hunted to extinction in a region of North America, the deer population soared, leading to indirect effects on lower levels of the food web.This suggests that pumas were a keystone species and that their removal led to an interruption in the _______ of the ecosystem.

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