Biome: Tropical Rainforest Organism: Three-Toed Sloth
1. How might this population suddenly increase? How might this affect the ecosystem?

2. What might happen to the ecosystem if this population was removed?
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Ecological Importance. Sloths are integral components of the Amazon rainforest. They foster a symbiotic relationship with a species of algae found only on sloths and nowhere else [5]!

Explanation:Deforestation is when people destroy parts of the forests. This affects the maned three-toed sloths because people cut down the trees where the maned three-toed sloths live. Also they get most of their food from the forest and its trees. For example, the leaves are one food source for the sloths.The most obvious result of the removal of the top predators in an ecosystem is a population explosion in the prey species. ... When prey becomes more scarce, the predator population declines until prey is again more abundant. Therefore, the two balance each other. When the predators are removed, prey populations explode.