In a forest, gazelles were the main source of food for cheetahs. the gazelles depended on grasses and shrubs for their food. a mysterious disease quickly spread among the cheetahs, killing many of them. what impact would the decline of the cheetah population have on resource availability? because the number of cheetahs declined, the population of gazelles will most likely this situation, in turn, will lead to increased between the gazelles and other herbivorous animals that eat the same food as gazelles. first blank- decrease, increase, stay the same second blank- competition, predation, sharing