If the Effects of Death Are Imposed on the Birth

question 15

Multiple Choice

If the effects of death are imposed on the birth rate of a population,

• A) the growth rate will slow down.
• B) the time scale of population growth changes.
• C) eventually, as the environment is overexploited, deaths will exceed births.
• D) an exponential growth curve will be produced if births exceed deaths at a constant level.
• E) all of these will occur.

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