Effects of food shortage on a population are:
(1) Cannibalism — When there is shortage of food in a population, the animals would tend to eat them self. Cannibalism is the eating of one another in the habitat in order to survive. This will in turn lead to reduction of the population.
(2) Competition — Food shortage in a population would as well lead to competition. This is the tendency of organisms in a given population to struggle for the little available food. This situation is referred to as survival of the fittest.
(3) Loss of weight — Food shortage in a population as well result in the loss of weight by individuals which leads to low energy output
(4) Disease—Shortage of food can lead to malnutrition which in turn leads to deficiency diseases and reduction in the ability of the organism to resist infection (5)Death — Shortage of food may lead to starvation which in turn would lead to death of the organism
(5) Famine — when there is food shortage in a population, there is little food available to go round the population which would in turn lead to a severe famine.
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