alleryStart learning →A dense population reduced by a density-independent factor will recover:
AIdentically to a sparse one
BOnly after several centuries
COnly if predators return
DDifferently from a sparse one
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Differently from a sparse one
1. Density-independent factors hit regardless of crowding, but recovery differs.
2. Natural disasters such as forest fires act in a density-independent manner.
3. A dense population that is reduced in a density-independent manner by some environmental factor will recover.
4. It will be able to recover differently than a sparse population.
5. So the factor ignores density even though the aftermath does not.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 45 'Population and Community Ecology', sections 45.1-45.4_
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