The relationship between the rate at which kangaroo rats can harvest seeds and the seed density best illustrates
A) the principle of allocation.
B) that resource acquisition increases with resource availability.
C) the diversity of life history traits.
D) that life histories are quantitative descriptions of life cycles.
E) the BD model of population change.

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The fact that kangaroo rats can harvest more seeds when there is a higher seed density demonstrates that resource acquisition increases with resource availability. This is a basic principle in ecology known as the positive relationship between resource availability and resource acquisition.

The Relationship Between the Rate at Which Kangaroo Rats Can