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Which of the Following Is an Incorrect Statement About the Regulation

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Which of the following is an incorrect statement about the regulation of populations?


A) The logistic equation reflects the effect of density-dependent factors, which can ultimately stabilize populations around the carrying capacity.
B) Density-independent factors have an increasingly greater effect as a population's density increases.
C) High densities in a population may cause physiological changes that inhibit reproduction.
D) Because of the overlapping nature of population-regulating factors, it is often difficult to precisely determine their cause-and-effect relationships.
E) The occurrence of population cycles in some populations may be the result of crowding or lag times in the response to density-dependent factors.

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