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In 1995, ecologists started to reintroduce the wolf into Yellowstone Park, where the wolf had been eliminated intentionally half a century earlier. Rangers expected a rise in the number of wolf would place limits on the elk population and on the populations of many mid-size mammals. One unexpected consequence was a dramatic rise in the population of foxes, which in turn helped to control many rodent populations.

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Which of the following, if true, most helps explain the dramatic rise in the fox population?

  • A Foxes are too small to hunt elk
  • B Foxes choose very different breeding area than do wolves
  • C The main predators of the fox were coyotes, on which the wolf preys.
  • D Elk hunting is more popular, and more widely marketable, than is fox hunting
  • E In the agricultural counties surrounding Yellowstone, there are significantly lower wolf and fox populations.

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