Campbell Biology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 53, Problem 1TYU
Population ecologists follow the fate of same-age cohorts to
- (A) determine a population's
carrying capacity . - (B) determine the birth rate and death rate of each group in a population.
- (C) determine if a population is regulated by density-dependent processes.
(L)) determine the factors that affect the
size of a population .
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