Around the Grand Canyon the predators of deer were largely exterminated by people.The deer population grew rapidly as a result of the lack of predators until the deer exhausted their food supply.This led to a massive die-off (known as a population crash)and hundreds of deer died of starvation.The point at which the food supply no longer supported the large deer population can best be considered a
A)model.
B)metastable equilibrium condition.
C)threshold.
D)dynamic equilibrium condition.
E)average or mean condition.

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The point at which the food supply no longer supports the large deer population can be considered a threshold, as it is the point where the population crashes due to lack of resources. A metastable equilibrium condition would imply that the population could continue at high levels for a prolonged period, which is not the case in this scenario. A dynamic equilibrium condition would involve a stable balance between the deer population and their food supply, which is not the case here either. A model or average condition do not accurately capture the specific point at which the population crashes due to lack of resources.

Around the Grand Canyon the Predators of Deer Were Largely