Hunting reduced the population of northern elephant seals to as few as 20 individuals at the end of the 19th century. their population has since rebounded to over 50,000, but they have much less genetic variation than a population of southern elephant seals that was not so intensely hunted. how is the lack of genetic variation related to the hunting episodes of the 1800's?

"acknowledging a right to benefit from the presence of animals requires government action to ensure human access to animals in a number of different spheres," writes jessica pierce, ph.d., in psychology today. the pragmatic meaning of the term "right" in this statement is

Most of the carbon on earth is stored in the form of

The is an estimate of the fewest number of organisms a population needs to avoid extinction. this measurement will most if the number of offspring each female in the population produces increases. if the population's this measurement will most likely increase. 1 population density, minimum viable population, carrying capacity 2 decrease, be unaffected, increase 3 death rate increase, dead rate decrease