Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 27, Problem 3FIB
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The changes in a population number could be due to birth rate, death rate, immigration, and emigration. A wide gap between the birth and death rate could lead to faster growth in rate of population. Death and emigration lead to decrease individuals from a population and birth and immigration lead to adding individuals in a population.
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