Which of the following factors is NOT a density-dependent regulator of population size?

a. competition for food
b. limitation of nesting sites
c. disease
d. parasitism
e. drought


E

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A skeletal system would include all of the following except:a

myofilaments. b. a shell. c. a fluid-filled compartment. d. a system of bones. e. an exoskeleton.

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In the human digestive system, the stomach produces about 2 liters of HCl and other gastric secretions every day. Acid secretion by the stomach

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