The Change in Size of a Given Population of Organisms

question 40

Multiple Choice

The change in size of a given population of organisms may have a direct impact on humans. The 1993 outbreak of hantavirus in the southwestern United States was partly due to

• A) a tightly linked cycle of human and hantavirus populations.
• B) an increase in the deer mouse population size.
• C) a decline in the desert salamander population, the normal hatavirus host.
• D) an increase in human population size.

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