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Chapter 27.2, Problem 1CSC
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To determine:
Whether the future of elephant seal is secure or not.
Introduction:
Population comprises of all the species members, which live in an area (specific) and have the potential to breed with one another. The population of elephant seal experiences both density-independent as well as density-dependent environmental resistances.
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