In the Lotka-Volterra predation model, a prey (host) population in the absence of predators would
A) grow exponentially.
B) grow logistically.
C) grow exponentially, and then crash when it has outstripped its own food supply.
D) decline to extinction.
E) The model makes no assumptions about what happens in the absence of predators.

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In the Lotka-Volterra predation model, in the absence of predators, the prey (host) population would grow exponentially.

In the Lotka-Volterra Predation Model, a Prey (Host) Population in the Absence