The Economic Value of Pollinator Services for U

Multiple Choice

The economic value of pollinator services for U.S.agriculture is billions of dollars per year.Eighty percent of all flowering plant species depend on pollination; insect pollinators are required for most fruit and vegetable crops.However, many pollinators are currently declining because of habitat destruction and pesticide use.What ecosystem-related trade-off has occurred in this situation?

A) Effective pollination was traded for habitat destruction and pesticide use.
B) Effective pollination was traded for a profit from pollination.
C) Lack of pollination was traded for effective pollination.
D) Habitat destruction and pesticide use were traded for artificial pollination by humans.
E) Natural pollination was traded for artificial pollination by humans.