Overexploitation Encourages Extinction and is Most Likely to Affect

Question

Overexploitation 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.

Accepted Answer

Large animals with low intrinsic reproductive rates are more susceptible to extinction due to overexploitation as they cannot reproduce at a rate fast enough to make up for their declining population.