Who demonstrated that negative feedback mechanisms controlled the fecundity of birds?

a. David Lack c. R. L. Stevenson b. Charles Darwin d. Thomas Malthus


ANS: A
David Lack demonstrated that negative feedback mechanisms controlled the fecundity of birds.

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