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Refer to the given paragraph and answer the following question.Plant P is the only source of food for the caterpillars of a butterfly species, Plant P depends on the adults of the butterfly species Q for pollination. In fact, animal Q is the only pollinator of plant P in nature. Animal R feeds exclusively on the caterpillars of the butterfly species, Q. Animal R in turn is the prey of animal S. Which of the following is likely to happen if animal S is hunted to extinction?

A. Animal R will continuously feed on animal Q which may lead to coextinction of both P and Q with time.
B. The populations of both animals Q and R will increase, however the population of plant P will decrease with time.
C. Population of animal R will increase while population of animal Q will decrease with time.
D. Both (A) and (C)
Answer» E.


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