The authors of the study concluded that the wind turbines were essentially operating like another trophic level above that of the birds of prey. The original community had four trophic levels with a large number of insect species feeding on a diverse community of vegetation at high elevations in the Western Ghats. Assuming that the community is top-down controlled, what is likely the impact of adding this fifth “trophic level” (the wind turbines) on the other trophic levels?
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