Relationships

//** Predator-Prey Relationships **//

In Arthur's Pass National Park, the ecosystem is unbalanced due to introduced predators. These introduced predators feed on the normal food of the species that are endemic to the National Park. Therefore, the unbalance is amplified. Also, the invertebrates, which mostly everything feeds on, have a lot of pressure put on them.


 * Examples:**

Stoats and weasels are known to eat kea, kiwi, and bellbird. These animals eaten by these predators feed upon mountain weta, mountain beech, and red beech.



The brushtail possum is also known to eat kea, kiwi, paradise shelduck, and the tomtit. These animals feed on mountain beech, mountain weta, red beech, and red tussock.

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