The model below shows a food chain. Which population would most likely increase if the weasel was removed from the food chain?
Grass → Shrew → Weasel → Fox
(1 point)
Responses
a. grass
a. grass
b. rabbit
b. rabbit
c. shrew
c. shrew
d. fox
c. shrew
If the weasel was removed from the food chain, the shrew population would most likely increase because there would be less predation and competition for resources. This would allow the shrew population to thrive.