When Immigrants Supplement a Declining Subpopulation, They Prevent the Subpopulation

question 19

Multiple Choice

When immigrants supplement a declining subpopulation, they prevent the subpopulation from going extinct. This phenomenon is known as

• A) a metapopulation.
• B) the rescue effect.
• C) demographic stochasticity.
• D) habitat fragmentation.

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