The Hawaiian Islands have gone through at least two waves of human colonization (in prehistoric times and again starting
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The Hawaiian Islands have gone through at least twowaves of human colonization (in prehistoric times and againstarting in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries). Of theapproximately 125 to 145 bird species that once inhabited theHawaiian Islands before human colonization, 90 to 110 are nowextinct. Which of the following is most likely true when it comesto these extinctions?
Introduced predators affected populations of nativespecies
The extinctions were likely due to enhanced geneticdrift in small populations
Early humans colonizations devastated the larger speciesof birds through hunting
Late human colonization devastated the natural habitatsand food sources, such as flower nectar and fruit of the nativespecies.
Introduced predators affected populations of nativespecies
The extinctions were likely due to enhanced geneticdrift in small populations
Early humans colonizations devastated the larger speciesof birds through hunting
Late human colonization devastated the natural habitatsand food sources, such as flower nectar and fruit of the nativespecies.