An ecological community is a group of species that live in the same area, interact with each other, and are linked by the flow of energy and nutrients within their shared environment.



The data suggests that food competition does affect the lion and leopard populations, as evidenced by the inverse relationship between their population sizes and their diet preferences.



I believe coexistence is possible, though it requires a balance of food resources that can support both species there is enough difference in the size of prey each species requires. Such a difference would allow them to have minimal competition with some change to their range of prey.



If a primary food source becomes limited, both populations would need to adapt, potentially by diversifying their diets or by developing different hunting strategies to reduce direct competition, ensuring the survival and stability of the ecological community.