Based on Figure 53-3, the decline in the moose population in 1996 was most likely due to:
a. a predictable increase in the wolf population.
b. an unpredictable increase in the wolf population.
c. a decrease in the intrinsic rate of increase for the moose population.
d. a decline in the food supply.
e. an unknown disease organism
D
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