Overharvesting Encourages Extinction and Is Most Likely to Affect

question 40

Multiple Choice

Overharvesting encourages extinction and is most likely to affect

• A) animals that occupy a broad ecological niche.
• B) large animals with low intrinsic reproductive rates.
• C) most organisms that live in the oceans.
• D) terrestrial organisms more than aquatic organisms.
• E) edge-adapted species.

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