BIO 112 TEXTBOOK W/ACCESS CODE 2018
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Chapter 53, Problem 3TYU
Scientific study of the population cycles of the snowshoe hare and its predator, the lynx has revealed that
- (A) predation is the dominant factor affecting prey population cycling.
- (B) hares and lynx are so mutually dependent that each species cannot survive without the other.
- (C) both hare and lynx
population sizes are affected mainly by abiotic factors. - (D) the hare population is r-selected and the lynx population is K- selected.
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