Figure 53-3 According to the Data in the Accompanying

Multiple Choice

Figure 53-3 According to the data in the accompanying figure, 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.