Heston took a walk in the forest. He noticed that most every tree was missing bark, limbs and leaves from the ground up to the height of an average deer. He also observed that the woods had a minimum amount of young small trees. THe forest grond had neglible amount of vegetation. As Heston walked through the woods, deer fooprints and droppings were commonly noticed. Heston also noticed that he did not observe the presence of bird's nest. AS Heston was leaving the woods, he saw four deer stripping bark off one of the last healty looking trees. What kind of inferences can Heston make based on his observations in the forest?

a
The deer population was scarce in the forest
b
The squirrel population was common in the forest
c
The predator population was overpopulated in the forest
d
Deer population was above carrying capacity in the forest

Predators are the organisms that kill and eat another organism, its prey. In the given observation deer and squirrel are the predators that are overpopulated in the forest.

Because of the overpopulation of deer, most of the trees have missing bark, limbs, and leaves and due to the overpopulation of squirrel, birds are unable to nesting as they attack the eggs of birds.

Hence, the correct option is "c".