During the spring,you are studying the mice that live in a field near your home.The population density is high,but you realize that you rarely observe any reproductive female mice.This most likely indicates

A)that there is selective predation on female mice.
B)that female mice die before reproducing.
C)that this habitat is a good place for mice to reproduce.
D)that you are observing immigrant mice.
E)that the breeding season is over.