. Scientific study of the population cycles of the snowshoe hareand its predator, the lynx has revealed that(A) predation is the dominant factor affecting prey populationcycling.(B) hares and lynx are so mutually dependent that each speciescannot survive without the other.(C) both hare and lynx population sizes are affected mainly byabiotic factors.(D) the hare population is r-selected and the lynx populationis K-selected.

. Scientific study of the population cycles of the snowshoe hareand its predator, the lynx has revealed that(A) predation is the dominant factor affecting prey populationcycling.(B) hares and lynx are so mutually dependent that each speciescannot survive without the other.(C) both hare and lynx population sizes are affected mainly byabiotic factors.(D) the hare population is r-selected and the lynx populationis K-selected.

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Chapter40: Population Ecology

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