Scientific study of the population cycles of the snowshoe hare and its predator, the lynx, has revealed that . Question 9 options: A) predation is the dominant factor affecting prey population cycling B) hares and lynx are so mutually dependent that each species cannot survive without the other C) the hare population is r-selected and the lynx population is K-selected D) both hare and lynx population sizes are affected mainly by abiotic factors