Gause's Experiments with Paramecium and Didinium Showed

question 18

Multiple Choice

Gause's experiments with Paramecium and Didinium showed

• A) extinction of the predator, followed by extinction of the prey, in all habitats.
• B) coexistence of predator and prey at fairly constant population sizes, in all habitats.
• C) coexistence of predator and prey, but with oscillating population sizes, in all habitats.
• D) coexistence of predator and prey at fairly constant population sizes, but only in the presence of refuges and predator reservoirs.
• E) coexistence of predator and prey with oscillating population sizes, but only in the presence of refuges and predator reservoirs.

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