Population cycle, also known as the Boom and Bust cycle is the process of a …show more content…
However, many scientists adore trophic cascades, and will inaccurately declare a situation so. In order to confirm that a trophic cascade is really taking place, there is a number of criteria that must be met (Grubbs et al.). The following requirements in order to confirm a trophic cascade is occurring are, a temporal correlation of abundance trends, spatiotemporal overlap, prey growth rapid compared to predator, prey being a significant attribute to the predator’s diet, and predator primary source of predation mortality (Grubbs et al.). Without these benchmarks, the situation cannot be considered a trophic cascade (Grubbs et al.). Not looking over these requirements can lead to the misdiagnosis of the occurrence (Grubbs et