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Park data shows: Year 1 - 200 deer with limited food and many deaths; Year 2 - 150 deer with more food available; Year 3 - 175 deer with adequate food. What factor is primarily limiting this deer population?
Question 2 options:

Predation pressure from the remaining wolf packs

Disease transmission spreading through the dense herd

Weather conditions affecting reproduction rates annually

Competition for food and other essential resources

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Competition for food and other essential resources.

Reason: the population fell when food was limited (many deaths) and rose as food availability improved, showing a density-dependent resource limitation rather than predation, disease, or annual weather effects.