Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (6th Edition) (Belk, Border & Maier, The Biology: Science for Life Series, 5th Edition)
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Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 7LTB
In contrast to nonhuman
- voluntarily increasing death rates;
- voluntarily decreasing birth rates;
- involuntary increases in death rates;
- involuntary decreases in birth rates;
- density-dependent factors
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