which of the following changes would most likely lead to a mammal population exceeding its carrying capacity

A decrease in the food supply immediately after offspring are born would most likely lead to a mammal population exceeding its carrying capacity.

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Which of the following changes would most likely lead to a mammal population exceeding its carrying capacity?

An increase in mortality of adults during mating season

A decrease in the food supply immediately after offspring are born

An increase in the number of predators immediately after offspring are born A decrease in the number of adult females during mating season

Mammals are organisms that give birth to their young ones alive. The carrying capacity of a population refers to the number of individual organisms that can be supported by a particular habitat at a given time. The carrying capacity of a habitat depends on; availability of food, shelter, water, and mates.

When there is a decrease in the food supply immediately after offspring are born, the habitat can no longer support the new individuals owing to scarcity of food hence the mammal population has exceeded its carrying capacity.

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Growth rate becomes negative.

Explanation:

Growth rate becomes negative when a mammal population exceeding its carrying capacity because the environment can't sustain the extra population due to limited resources of that environment. Every environment has a limited resources such as food, water and shelter etc, and due to these limited resources limited number of organism can live in that environment so when the population exceeds, the growth becomes negative.