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Organisms and Populations — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYOrganisms and Populations2 Marks
Question
Besides acting as ‘conduits’ for energy transfer across trophic levels, predators play other important roles. Justify.
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Answer

Besides acting as ‘conduits’ of energy transfer across trophic levels, predators play other important roles like:
  1. They keep prey population under control.
  2. Predators also help in maintaining species diversity in a community by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species.

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