Food Chain and Food Web
The source of energy contained in the food web is the sun. If there were fluctuations within the environment, the primary consumers would be malnourished because there would be too many consumers and not enough producers. Secondary consumers would than be malnourished because the animals they typically prey on will not have proper nutrients that they usually have. Factors that may limit population growth includes: frequent fires, droughts, or invasive species. The fire ant is an example of an invasive species. They are pushing out the native ant species and are slowly weeding out other important anthropods. This will alter the food chain, which in turn could add issues for the producers and the consumers.