If the per capita death rate within a population exceeds the per capita birth rate, the population size is
A) stable.
B) declining.
C) rapidly growing.
D) slowly growing.
E) changing variably.

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If the per capita death rate is higher than the per capita birth rate, it means that more individuals are dying than being born, leading to a decrease in the population size over time. Therefore, the population is declining.

If the Per Capita Death Rate Within a Population Exceeds