Look at the graph. It illustrates the relationship between the size of the hare
population and the size of the lynx population. Notice how each population has a
boom (when there are too many lynxes or hares for the available resources) and a bust
(when many hares or lynxes die and very few are left) pattern. Look at the pattern in
the graph. Notice how the lynxes’ pattern closely follows the hares’ pattern, but that
the lynxes’ peaks and valleys happen a bit after the hares’ peaks and valleys. Why do
you think the lynx population so closely follows the hare population?