The table compares wildlife supported by two plants growing around a lakeside ecosystem in south florida. plant species and wildlife data plant species wildlife supported sawgrass alligators, snails melaleuca none after a 25-year period, 95% of the ecosystem was covered by melaleuca. what would be the likely impact of this on the wildlife population? decreases, as shelter is a limiting factor increases, as shelter is a limiting factor decreases, as water is a limiting factor increases, as water is a limiting factor