Figure 558 Use the Following Information When Answering the Corresponding Question(s)

Multiple Choice

Figure 55.8 Use the following information when answering the corresponding question(s) .
Abstract:
Recognition of the importance of land-use legacies in most ecological systems has been a major factor driving the recent focus on human activity as a legitimate and essential subject of environmental science.Ecologists,conservationists,and natural resource policy makers now recognize that the legacies of land-use activities continue to influence ecosystem structure and function for decades or centuries or even longer after those activities have ceased.

-Based on Figure 55.8,what can you conclude about land-use legacy in the southern Yucatán?

A) Massive soil erosion caused the Mayan population to crash.
B) Reduction in forest cover caused the Mayan population to crash.
C) As Mayan population increased,deforestation increased,leading to increased soil erosion.
D) All of the above answers are correct.