Multiple Choice
In terms of population dynamics, "boom-and-bust" cycling is a situation in which
A) a population moves back and forth between rapid growth and decline.
B) a growing population overshoots the carrying capacity of its environment and experiences a crash before stabilizing.
C) the sex ratio in a population shows repeated oscillations.
D) the populations of two competing species oscillate in unison.
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