Captive Breeding (Check All That Apply)

question 23

Multiple Choice

Captive breeding (Check all that apply)

• A)is a viable strategy whenever very few individuals of a species remain in the wild.
• B)has had limited success restoring California condor populations in the western United States because of reduced genetic heterogeneity.
• C)sometimes deals with low genetic variability and inbreeding.
• D)is sometimes a part of efforts to restore ecosystems to a balanced,functional state.
• E)successfully increased peregrine falcon populations.

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