Vansina, however, notes that precolonial societies had high birth and death rates, leading to a great deal of natural population fluctuation over time.
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According to a study, the population fluctuation of the Asian swallowtail butterfly has been surprisingly stable compared to that of various other insects.
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Population fluctuations from one year to the next aren't especially worrisome because they could be caused by temporary weather conditions such as drought.
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The loss of this diversity is thought to be due to the several population fluctuations of the Tasmanian devils that have occurred in the last several decades.
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Most of the research on the long-haired rat has been conducted during times of massive population fluctuations and therefore little is known about their biology in a non-eruptive period.
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Indeed, by creating a patchy system that facilitated prey dispersal over predator dispersal, Huffaker was able to achieve a predator prey system which underwent three cycles of population fluctuation.
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However, it is a particularly nomadic bird, and because population fluctuations in its prey species can force it to relocate, it has been known to breed at more southerly latitudes.
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In winter, women were asked to leave for their parents'residences in the suburbs of Edo and return only after the fire season had passed, resulting in a seasonal population fluctuation.
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Any fluctuations in food supply ( either positive, for example, due to technology improvements, or negative, due to droughts and pest invasions ) tend to translate directly into population fluctuations.
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:The lemming article says quite clearly ( in the " Population fluctuations " section ) that lemming suicide behaviour is a myth, propogated by the Disney film " White Wilderness ".