When a Population Is Small There Is an Abundance of Resources

question 63

Multiple Choice

When a population is small there is an abundance of resources for all individuals, so the per capita resource availability is high, thus leading to more rapid growth rates (as compared to larger populations) . Why then are small populations more likely to go extinct compared to large populations?

• A) Large populations are more impacted by stochastic events.
• B) Small populations are more impacted by stochastic events.
• C) Small populations are impacted by demographic stochasticity and not environmental stochasticity.
• D) Small populations are impacted by environmental stochasticity and not demographic stochasticity.

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