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, such as elephants and whales, are particularly vulnerable to overexploitation. They reproduce slowly and have few offspring, making it difficult for their populations to recover from overhunting or overfishing.