As the carrying capacity of an environment is approached by a population,

A. deaths begin to exceed births.
B. density-dependent environmental resistance increases.
C. population growth begins to be exponential.
D. births begin to exceed deaths.
E. the rate of reproduction increases.


Answer: B

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