Explain Why in Figure 7

question 21

Multiple Choice

Explain why in Figure 7.11,vole abundances in experimental enclosures would drop to the same abundance as the control.

• A) This is likely due to voles being preyed upon in the exclosures by predators.
• B) Competition for food resources likely led to the vole population decline.
• C) There is no change in vole populations through time.
• D) The vole population in the exclosures likely included cannibals that reduced the population to that of controls.

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