Question

early European settlers encountered and haunted Florida Panthers across much of thesoutheastern United States thereby reducing the original Panther population. More recentlyhabitat reduction and habitat fragmentation have contributed to the status of the FloridaPanther as an endangered species that currently inhabits only southern Florida whichstatement best describes how these changes in habitat affect the growth of the Pantherpopulation?A. The isolation of individual Panthers causes inbreeding that limits the growth of thePanther populationB. the restricted area causes greater numbers of interactions that allow the growth of thePanther populationC. the abundance of food increases the size of individual Panthers but reduces the abilityof the Panther population to growD. the movement into urban areas results in the Panther population growing becauseindividual Panthers are able to find sufficient numbers of prey animals

Answer 1

The statement that best describes how this changes in habitat affect the growth of Panther population is: The isolation of individual Panthers causes inbreeding that limits the growth oth the Panther population (option A).

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