BIOLOGY FULL TEXT W/MASTERING BIO MOD
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Author: Campbell
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Chapter 53, Problem 6TYU
The observation that members of a population are uniformly distributed suggests that
- (A)
resources are distributed unevenly. - (B) the members of the population are competing for access to a resource.
- (C) the members of the population are neither attracted to nor repelled by one another.
(1)) the density of the population is low.
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BIOLOGY FULL TEXT W/MASTERING BIO MOD
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