What is the effect of stress on a population?

a. Plants compete less with each other in stressful environments.
b. Plants compete more with each other in a stressful environments.
c. Only abiotic factors contribute to environmental stress.
d. Stressful environments brought about by humans do not affect populations.
e. Stressful environments brought about by nature do not affect populations.


ANSWER: a

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