15. In the short term what will
happen to the levels above
and below a population of
secondary consumers of a
numeric pyramid if a large
number of individuals from
this population dies?

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If an intermediate level a numeric
pyramid has variable dimension
decreased, i.e., the number of
individuals that level is reduced,
number of individuals of level below
will increase the number of
individuals the level above will
reduced. That happens because
individuals of the level will face
lesspredators and individuals of the
level will have lessavailable food.