Figure 53-3 Use the Figure to Answer the Corresponding Question(s)

Multiple Choice

Figure 53-3
Use the figure to answer the corresponding question(s) .
-Using the data in Figure 53-3, the cause of the decline of the wolf population in 1982 was:

A) a sharp decrease in food supply.
B) a decrease in the intrinsic rate of increase for the wolf population.
C) competition with a newly introduced predator.
D) introduction of a disease organism.
E) cannot be determined from the data provided.