The population size of consumers may increase if secondary consumers do not feed on them.

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Inorder to maintain a proper balance in the ecosystem, population of individuals needs to be kept under control. For example, in a grassland ecosystem, if the secondary consumers (frog) do not feed on the primary consumers (grasshopper), the population size of primary consumers (grasshopper) will increase. This will lead to overgrazing and loss of plant life.

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