As Populations Approach Carrying Capacity, Crowding Can Affect

question 50

Multiple Choice

As populations approach carrying capacity, crowding can affect:

• A)birth rates through resource limitation.
• B)death rates through resource limitation.
• C)death rates by increasing the transmission of pathogens and parasites.
• D)birth and death rates through closer access to mates.
• E)death rates due to climatic factors.

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