Years and Leopards Population!
2003-10
2004-14
2005-14
2006-9
2007-16
2008-8
2009-9
2010-14
2011-17
What Happened?
As you can see, the population almost doubled between 2006 and 2007, and then was cut in half between 2007 and 2008. I think that the population first increased so much because it was a really good year with overproduction and plenty animals for the leopards to eat. The next year, the population decreased so much because a disease went around, and natural selection had to play through, and only certian leopards with special variations survived. Also, there might have been a natural disaster where only leopards that found the appropriate shelter survived. The rest of the graph is pretty constant, no huge dips or pikes.
What Does the Future Behold?
I'm no fortune teller, but I can make a few predictions of what might happen to the future leopard populations. I think that the leopard population will keep increasing at a constant rate, because the graph is increasing slowly but surely. There might be a few times when the numbers of leopards dip down and they will have to adapt to the change.
What About the Rest of the Ecosystem?
If the leopard population keeps increasing at the same rate, it will impact the ecosystem in a few different ways. Leopards eat a lot of food, so if there are more leopards, more prey will be taken. With more leopards eating all the prey, the other animals that eat that same prey will either have to find other food, or die off. Also, the prey might go extinct. Leopards also take up a lot of room, so there won't be as much shelter for all the other animals. Some other animals might have to move to a different location.
2003-10
2004-14
2005-14
2006-9
2007-16
2008-8
2009-9
2010-14
2011-17
What Happened?
As you can see, the population almost doubled between 2006 and 2007, and then was cut in half between 2007 and 2008. I think that the population first increased so much because it was a really good year with overproduction and plenty animals for the leopards to eat. The next year, the population decreased so much because a disease went around, and natural selection had to play through, and only certian leopards with special variations survived. Also, there might have been a natural disaster where only leopards that found the appropriate shelter survived. The rest of the graph is pretty constant, no huge dips or pikes.
What Does the Future Behold?
I'm no fortune teller, but I can make a few predictions of what might happen to the future leopard populations. I think that the leopard population will keep increasing at a constant rate, because the graph is increasing slowly but surely. There might be a few times when the numbers of leopards dip down and they will have to adapt to the change.
What About the Rest of the Ecosystem?
If the leopard population keeps increasing at the same rate, it will impact the ecosystem in a few different ways. Leopards eat a lot of food, so if there are more leopards, more prey will be taken. With more leopards eating all the prey, the other animals that eat that same prey will either have to find other food, or die off. Also, the prey might go extinct. Leopards also take up a lot of room, so there won't be as much shelter for all the other animals. Some other animals might have to move to a different location.