Around the Great Lakes Basin the Predators of Deer Were

question 24

Multiple Choice

Around the Great Lakes Basin the predators of deer were largely exterminated by people.The deer population grew rapidly as a result of the lack of predators until the deer exhausted their food supply.This led to a massive die-off (known as a population crash) and hundreds of deer died of starvation.What can the point at which the food supply no longer supported the large deer population best be considered?

• A)Model.
• B)Metastable equilibrium condition.
• C)Threshold.
• D)Dynamic equilibrium condition.

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