Use the following graph of two theoretical populations (species A and B) to answer the following questions:

a)What type of relationship do the two species appear to have with each other?

b)describe the role that each species, A and B, appears to play in this relationship. Explain why you labelled species A and B the way you did.

c)The population dynamics of species A tend to lag behind those for species B. Explain how this could occur.

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Use the following graph of two theoretical populations (species A and B) to answer the following questions:

a)What type of relationship do the two species appear to have with each other?

b)describe the role that each species, A and B, appears to play in this relationship. Explain why you labelled species A and B the way you did.

c)The population dynamics of species A tend to lag behind those for species B. Explain how this could occur.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Looks similar to a predator-prey cycle.  As one species (b) increases the other decreases (a), but it has a slightly offset pattern representing lag time or reproduction.