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The population of an insect species shows and explosive increase in numbers during rainy season followed by its disappearance at the end of the season. What does this show ?

A

The population of its predators increases enormously

B

S-shaped or sigmoid grwth of this insect

C

The food plants mature and die at the end of the rainy season

D

Its population growth curve is of J-type

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