Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 44, Problem 13SQ
The demographic transition model predicts a decline in population during the ______ stage.
- a. preindustrial
- b. transitional
- c. industrial
- d. postindustrial
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