Climate Change Is Predicted to Have Wide-Ranging Effects on Species

question 51

Multiple Choice

Climate change is predicted to have wide-ranging effects on species interactions and ultimately ecological communities. Which statement if true?

• A) Climate change will not have any change on host-pathogen relationships.
• B) Climate change may alter where a host lives but would have no effect on the pathogen.
• C) If climate change alters a host's range, its pathogen may have to evolve with the host.
• D) Climate change may alter where a pathogen is located, but would have no effect on the host's geographic range.

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