What Would Cause a Population to Overshoot Its Carrying Capacity

question 88

Multiple Choice

What would cause a population to overshoot its carrying capacity?

• A) an increase in predators
• B) a decrease in birth rates
• C) an increase in emigration
• D) a decrease in environmental pressures
• E) a reproductive time lag between birth and death rates

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