Use the Following Information When Answering the Corresponding Questions)

question 17

Multiple Choice

Use the following information when answering the corresponding questions) .
Abstract:
Recognition of the importance of land- use legacies in most ecological systems has been a major factor driving the recent focus on human activity as a legitimate and essential subject of environmental science. Ecologists, conservationists, and natural resource policy makers now recognize that the legacies of land- use activities continue to influence ecosystem structure and function for decades or centuries-or even longer-after those activities have ceased. Figure 54.8
-Based on the figure above, what can you conclude about land- use legacy in the southern Yucatán?

• A) Massive soil erosion caused the Mayan population to crash.
• B) As Mayan population increased, deforestation increased, leading to increased soil erosion.
• C) Reduction in forest cover caused the Mayan population to crash.
• D) All of the above answers are correct.

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