A student researching a northern forest ecosystem learns the following information about
feeding relationships in the ecosystem.
Northern Forest Ecosystem
Insect larvae feed on white spruces.
Shrews and snowshoe hares are prey for lynx, red-tailed hawks, and red foxes.
Snowshoe hares eat both willows and white spruces.
Shrews eat insect larvae.
Red foxes sometimes eat insect larvae.
Which food web best represents the flow of energy in these feeding relationships?
Red foxes.
Red-tailed hawks
Red foxes
Lynx
Red-tailed hawks
Lynx
Shrews 1
Shrews
C
Insect larvae,
Snowshoe hares
Insect larvae
Snowshoe hares
Willows
White spruces
Willows
White spruces
Red-tailed hawks
Red-tailed hawks
Red foxes
Lynx-
Shrews'
B
Shrews
Snowshoe hares
D
Insect larvae
Insect larvae
Red foxes.
Snowshoe hares
Lynx
Willows
White spruces
Willows
White spruces