You Are Studying Predation Mortality in a Population of Small

question 2

Multiple Choice

You are studying predation mortality in a population of small birds and notice that individuals in groups of less than five individuals suffer higher mortality than those in groups larger than five individuals. This observation is consistent with which of the following?

• A) The dilution effect
• B) An Allee effect
• C) The selfish herd hypothesis
• D) Conspecific cueing
• E) Social queuing

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