Question : Predators also help in maintaining species diversity in a community, by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species". Give an example.

Question : Predators also help in maintaining species diversity in a c

1.	Question : Predators also help in maintaining species diversity in a community, by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species". Give an example.
Answer» Solution :(a) In the rocky INTERTIDAL communities of the American PACIFIC Coast the starfish Pisaster is an important PREDATOR. (B) In a field experiment, when all the starfish were removed from an enclosed intertidal AREA, more than 10 species of invertebrates became extinct within a year, because of inter-specific competition.