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Chapter 28, Problem 4FIB
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A predator is a free-living species which feeds on other species. They can be either carnivores (animals eating other animals) or herbivores (animals eating plants). It is an animal that depends on prey for food. The predator kills and eats other animals and plants called preys.
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Ch. 28.1 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 28.1 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 28.2 - Prob. 1CSCCh. 28.2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 28.2 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 28.2 - explain how competitive exclusion leads to...Ch. 28.2 - explain how interspecific competition can affect...Ch. 28.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 28.3 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 28.3 - Prob. 2TC
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