Population Ecologists Follow the Fate of Same-Age Cohorts to

question 4

Multiple Choice

Population ecologists follow the fate of same-age cohorts to

• A)determine a population's carrying capacity.
• B)determine if a population is regulated by density-dependent processes.
• C)determine the birth rate and death rate of each group in a population.
• D)determine the factors that regulate the size of a population.
• E)determine if a population's growth is cyclic.

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Definitions:

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