Many species of terns nest on the ground in seabird colonies. However, if nests are too close together, aggression will

break out. This tends to produce a(n) ____.



a. near-uniform population distribution
b. opportunity for predation
c. clumped population distribution
d. opportunity for exponential growth
e. random population distribution


ANSWER: a

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