Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
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Chapter 52.6, Problem 1SB
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The controls that regulate populations of other organisms, have been sidestepped by humans.

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Over the past 250 years, human populations have increased drastically worldwide. There are three ways by which humans have avoided the effects of density-dependent regulating factors that are identified by demographers. Usually, food, environmental factors, and mortality rate are the major factors affecting the human populations.

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