Which of the following would cause a population to overshoot its carrying capacity?
A)an increase in predators
B)a decrease in birth rates
C)an increase in emigration
D)a decrease in environmental pressures
E)a reproductive time lag between birth and death rates

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A reproductive time lag between birth and death rates means that even if the population has reached its carrying capacity, there will still be a period where the birth rate exceeds the death rate, causing the population to overshoot the carrying capacity before eventually stabilizing or crashing. The other choices would either decrease the population or keep it from reaching the carrying capacity in the first place.

Which of the Following Would Cause a Population to Overshoot