population explosion

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Their absence disrupted predator-and-prey relationships throughout the nation and resulted in a population explosion of deer and elk.

From Los Angeles Times

It has been chewed up by human endeavors such as agriculture, then tunneled under for the warrens of imported rabbits and the dens of red foxes brought in to control the resulting bunny population explosion.

From Seattle Times

Off Brazil, those characteristics have resulted in “an uncontrolled population explosion,” says Marcelo Soares, a marine scientist at the Federal University of Ceará.

From Science Magazine

A team of scientists suggests that the population explosion in sea urchins could not have happened if sunflower sea stars had been there to prey on them, and that restoring the population of the colorful creatures may help in the recovery of the kelp forest and the ecosystem it supports.

From New York Times

Until the mid-1990s, South Korea maintained birth control programs, which were initially launched to slow the country’s post-war population explosion.

From Seattle Times