DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Predator and prey populations cycle through time, as predators decrease numbers of prey. Lack of food resources in turn decrease predator abundance, and the lack of predation pressure allows prey populations to rebound.

Detailed explanation-2: -When predators are scarce, prey rises in numbers. As their source of food increases, predators rise in abundance. When there are enough predators, prey numbers decline. With a scarcity of food, the number of predators crashes and the cycle repeats.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the prey population decreases, the predator population begins to decrease as well. The prey population is a limiting factor. A limiting factor limits the growth or development of an organism, population, or process.

Detailed explanation-4: -Too many prey and not enough predators leads to the spread of disease and depletion of resources for the prey species and others that live in their habitat.