Campbell Biology, Books a la Carte Edition (10th Edition)
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Author: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
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Locusts (grasshoppers in the family Acrididae) undergo cyclic population outbreaks, leading to massive swarms such as this one in the Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa. Of the mechanisms of density-dependent regulation shown in Figure 53.18, choose the two that you think most apply to locust swarms, and explain why.
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