Please answer and explain. 1) Wildebeests are large mammals that graze in the African Savannah. Females give birth once
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Please answer and explain.
1) Wildebeests are large mammals that graze in the AfricanSavannah. Females give birth once a year, and young wildebeests arefavorite prey for many predators. 95% of young are born during anarrow two-month window of time. Some researchers suggest that thisbirth synchrony is driven by predation. If that's true, which ofthe following could explain why most births happen within a smalltime period.
A. The wildebeests create a refuge in time from predation fortheir young, in that the sheer number born during the two-monthwindow reduces the risk of predation for each individual youngwildebeest.
B. The wildebeests create a metapopulation for their young, sothat young in the patches without predators will survivebetter.
C. The wildebeests increase self-limitation of predators byproducing all young during a part of the predator-prey cycle whenthere are fewer predators
D. The wildebeests increase density dependence for their young,which causes the stable equilibrium to be higher.
1) Wildebeests are large mammals that graze in the AfricanSavannah. Females give birth once a year, and young wildebeests arefavorite prey for many predators. 95% of young are born during anarrow two-month window of time. Some researchers suggest that thisbirth synchrony is driven by predation. If that's true, which ofthe following could explain why most births happen within a smalltime period.
A. The wildebeests create a refuge in time from predation fortheir young, in that the sheer number born during the two-monthwindow reduces the risk of predation for each individual youngwildebeest.
B. The wildebeests create a metapopulation for their young, sothat young in the patches without predators will survivebetter.
C. The wildebeests increase self-limitation of predators byproducing all young during a part of the predator-prey cycle whenthere are fewer predators
D. The wildebeests increase density dependence for their young,which causes the stable equilibrium to be higher.