Use the information in "Puerto Rican Crested Toad Recovery Program" and "Zoo Sends Puerto Rican Crested Toads to Homeland" (linked on the first page) to answer question 3. 3. Puerto Rican crested toads have had an SSP since 1984.
a. Why did the toads become a threatened species? (3 points)

Interacting group of various species in a common location. for example, a forest of trees and undergrowth plants, inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria and fungi, constitutes a biological community.

The rate that would change would be the  searching efficiency/attack rate. there are only two other rates in this model: the  growth rate of prey, and the  predator or consumer mortality rate.the  searching efficiency/attack rate is what indicates how effectively can a predator capture its prey whether in the searching process or actual capturing/attacking process.