What Is a Sink Population

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is a sink population?

• A)A large panmictic population comprising all members of a species
• B)A metapopulation
• C)A local population that would likely decline to extinction without immigration
• D)A local population in which emigration rate exceeds immigration rate
• E)A and B

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