In the 1950s, Nicholson's experiments with blowflies showed that delayed density dependence can produce population cycles. If the experimental subjects in these studies had been blowflies with somewhat lower growth rates, he most likely would have observed which pattern of population dynamics?
A) Dampened oscillations
B) Exponential growth
C) Population outbreaks at unpredictable intervals
D) Demographic stochasticity

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With lower growth rates, the population would likely exhibit dampened oscillations, where the amplitude of population cycles decreases over time, eventually stabilizing.

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