Studies of the Population-Size Cycles Seen Between the Snowshoe Hare

question 64

Multiple Choice

Studies of the population-size cycles seen between the snowshoe hare and the Canadian lynx showed that lynx populations ________ in size when hare populations ________ in size.

• A) decrease; increase
• B) increase; decrease
• C) decrease; decrease
• D) There is no relationship between population sizes of snowshoe hare and Canadian lynx.

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