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Question
If frog population in paddy fields declines all of a sudden,
a) What will be the effect on paddy crop?
b) Number of which consumers will decline and which will increase?
c) Name the Indian states where paddy is cultivated on a large scale.
Solution
a) The paddy crop will reduced.
b) The number of snakes (Tertiary Consumers) will decrease and the number of pests, insects (Primary Consumers) will increase.
c) Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Orissa, W. Bengal etc.
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