Explain how the elimination of a predator from a ecosystem might result in starvation amongst its prey speies

Predators are good to have in the world because they eliminate population. For example, owls hunt mice, if owls were to go extinct in that area, the population of mice would increase greatly, but there would be too many mice and not enough food. If there weren't any predators, the population of prey would increase and they would starve due to too many mouths to feed.

tsd is temerature dependent sex determination.

tsd: it is a type of environmental sex determination in which the temperature experienced during embryonic/ larval development (ambient temperature for development) determine the sex of the offspring.

crocodile displays the tsd where the ambient temperature of the developing egg determines the individual's sex. for example in the american alligator's eggs, incubation at 33 ºc produces mostly males, while incubation at 30 ºc produces mostly females. so if the american alligator's egg will get the ambient temperature (33 degree celcius)during embryonic development from egg, the offspring will be male and same for the female sex determination.