The ivory-billed woodpecker's food web was significantly impacted by habitat loss due to logging and land development, which led to the destruction of old-growth forests where the woodpecker thrived. This decline not only reduced the available food sources for the woodpecker, such as beetles and larvae found in decaying trees, but also affected other species that relied on the same ecosystem. The loss of these trees also diminished the overall biodiversity, disrupting the balance of the entire food web. As a result, the ivory-billed woodpecker faced competition for dwindling resources, contributing to its decline and potential extinction.
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