Question

Describe how human intervention with a community can interfere with normal competition, and give two examples.

Answer 1

1. Human intervention can disrupt a community’s natural balance of competition by altering resource availability or eliminating species.
2. This interference may reduce competition among some species while increasing it among others, thus disturbing the ecosystem’s stability.
3. For example, the use of pesticides can kill natural predators, leading to an overpopulation of pests.
4. Another example is deforestation, which reduces habitat and increases competition for limited resources among animals.
5. Such interventions interfere with normal predator-prey and competitive relationships in nature.