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When Population Density Is High and Food Availability Is Low

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When population density is high and food availability is low, stress steroids are elevated in snowshoe hares, preventing females from reproducing. A biologist argues that this mechanism has evolved because it keeps the population from overexploiting its food resources and driving itself to eventual extinction. Do you agree with this argument? Why or why not?


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