Predator-Prey Relationships
Fox (predator) & Rabbit (prey)
Owls (predator) & Mouse (prey)
Wolves (predator) & Deer (prey)
Owls (predator) & Mouse (prey)
Wolves (predator) & Deer (prey)
Role of Predation:
The role of predation is to keep the forest ecosystem in balance. If a secondary consumer wouldn't have it's primary consumer as a food source, they would have to prey on other secondary consumer's prey and it would throw off the balance of the ecosystem. Same idea applies to tertiary to secondary consumers, primary consumers to producers, etc. Each organism has a role to consume or produce and keep to their "diet".