What is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology
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Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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A population must produce minimum two or more surviving offspring to continue its population. Hence, stability in population is the most important factor.
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- On an average, if both populations are stable, the pair of elephants and the pair of rabbits will leave the same number of offspring that survive to become adults and reproduce.
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