If an emerging infectious disease broke out in a large, populated city, killing large numbers of people, which kind of regulation would be at work?

a. Density-dependent
b. Density-independent
c. R-selected
d. K-selected


a. Density-dependent

Density-dependent regulation would be at work if an emerging infectious disease broke out in a large, populated city, killing large numbers of people.

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