Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 53, Problem 17TYK
As a population approaches zero population growth, what change would occur in the per capita rate of increase (r)?
- a. an increase
- b. a decrease
- c. no change
- d. the effect cannot be predicted
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