Which of the following is most likely to reduce competition in sympatric, closely related species? 

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Which of the following is a likely graphic outcome of a population of deer introduced to an island with an adequate herbivory and without natural predators, parasites, or disease? 

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Which of the following graphs illustrates the growth curve of a population of snowshoe hares over several seasons in northern Canada? 

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Which of the following can contribute to density-dependent regulation of populations?

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Field observation suggests that populations of a particular species of herbivorous mammal undergo cyclic fluctuations in  density  at  three-  to  five-year  intervals.  Which  of  the  following  represent  (a)  plausible  explanation(s)  of  these cycles?

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Which of the following is an incorrect statement about the regulation of populations?

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Which of the following is a density-independent factor limiting human population growth?