The Maximum Number of Individuals of a Species That a Given

question 39

Multiple Choice

The maximum number of individuals of a species that a given environment can sustain indefinitely defines

• A) the carrying capacity of the environment.
• B) exponential growth.
• C) the doubling time of a population.
• D) the density-independent factors.
• E) all of these.

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