Snowshoe hares and lynx exhibit population cycles in which lynx numbers decline

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Snowshoe hares and lynx exhibit population cycles in which lynx numbers decline one to two years after the beginning of a hare population decline. When hares become scare, lynx can switch to alternate forms of prey but are usually malnourished and have few or no young until hare reproduction again increases. What do these observations suggest?

lynx must consume hares in order to survive

hares are the only animal that can be safely consumed by a lynx

lynx periodicaly kill all of the hares

a decline in lynx number would be followed by a decline in hare numbers

lynx numbers are influenced by hare numbers

lynx must consume hares in order to survive

hares are the only animal that can be safely consumed by a lynx

lynx periodicaly kill all of the hares

a decline in lynx number would be followed by a decline in hare numbers

lynx numbers are influenced by hare numbers

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lynx numbers are influenced by hare numbers.

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