Answer:
If competition for food in the Arctic increased and it was difficult for the Arctic fox to find its prey, then the Arctic fox population will decline (Option A is correct)
Explanation:
This interspecific competition between the arctic fox and other species results in a negative interaction for the first one, which is the most affected. The Arctic fox is very sensitive to food changes or its disappearance, and it species seems to be very affected by competition with other animals for the same resources. When this competition leads to the absence of food or to difficulty in finding it, the arctic fox is hardly affected and its population drops. The Arctic fox can live up to five or six years in the wild, and whenever food is missing or it is hard to find, fewer pups are born. A population with no newborns and old individuals with no supplies tends to decrease and even disappear.
Answer:
A) The Arctic fox population will decline.
Explanation:
The Arctic fox's survival is dependent on the majorly on the availability of enough rabbits and other small rodents, on which they derive nutrition from and ensures they reproduce more. Increase in interspecific competition for these same limited resources that are share with other predators in the Artic would most likely have a negative influence on the population of the Arctic fox.
The Arctic fox population would decline as food becomes scarce due to interspecific competition. Only few individuals of the Arctic fox would be able to survive, as reproduction also would reduce.
