Allstadt Et Al

question 11

Multiple Choice

Allstadt et al. (2013) found that population cycle collapse in Canadian populations of gypsy moths resulted from

• A) an attack by a specialist pathogen.
• B) climate change.
• C) lack of food.
• D) drought.

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