Which example of trophic interactions represents an indirect interaction in a community?
A) Hawks eat rabbits.
B) Wolves feed on both elk and bison.
C) Cats control flower populations by eating field mice, which eat bee honeycombs.
D) Cats eat songbirds, while people put up bird feeders to feed songbirds.
E) African buffalo eat grass, while oxpeckers eat ticks on the buffalo.

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The cats indirectly affect the flower population by eating the field mice that would have eaten the bee honeycombs, thus allowing more bees to pollinate the flowers.

Which Example of Trophic Interactions Represents an Indirect Interaction in a Community