How can predators influence the species richness and structure of communities?
A) Predators increase the carrying capacity of their prey.
B) Predators destabilize competitive interactions among their prey.
C) Predators increase the population sizes of pathogens.
D) Predators increase the population sizes of their prey.
E) Predators reduce the population sizes of their prey.
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