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question 18

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.

- Large-scale community changes observed historically took thousands of years. For example, it took from 18,000 years ago to 6,000 years ago for forest tundra to reach even a portion of its current geographical location. Which factor will increase the susceptibility of species to extinction due to our current, rapidly changing environment that was not present historically?

• A) Assisted migration by humans
• B) Habitat fragmentation
• C) Development of novel communities
• D) Accelerated evolutionary changes

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