Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134093413
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 53.2, Problem 2CC
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To explain: In which case the exponential growth of the population of plants is more likely to occur: an area of the undisturbed forest or an area, where the destruction of forest by fire had occurred.
Concept introduction: The population of the species possesses the potential for expanding at a higher rate when there are abundant
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