Imagine that a population of deer living on an island without any predators was threatened with overpopulation, until wolves were imported. after a couple of years, there were fewer deer, but their average running speed and length of their legs had increased. what process accounts for the change?

African penguins, which inhabit the coasts of southern africa, were classified as an endangered species in 2010. two significant threats to their survival are ecosystem damage from oil spills and overfishing by humans. overfishing depletes the food supply of african penguins. the best method to reduce the threat of overfishing would be to . the risk of oil spills could be reduced by increasing the use of , which should oil consumption. if an oil spill does occur, could be used to remove the oil so the ecosystem may more quickly recover.