The Lotka-Volterra Predation Model Predicts That Predators and Prey, Living

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Multiple Choice

The Lotka-Volterra predation model predicts that predators and prey, living together, will show

• A) oscillations in population size that increase in amplitude through time.
• B) oscillations in population size that remain of constant amplitude through time.
• C) oscillations in population size that decrease in amplitude through time.
• D) oscillations, but only when outside forces such as climatic variation are also present.
• E) steady equilibria in population sizes.

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