3 The San Joaquin Kit FoxThe San Joaquin kit fox is one of the most endangered animals in California. Kit foxes are the size of house cats, and theywere originally found throughout most of the San Joaquin Valley of central California. In the 1930s, people beganconverting much of this land from grassland to farms, orchards, and cities. Currently, there are fewer than 7,000 individualkit foxes living in the edges of the San Joaquin Valley.San Joaquin Kit FoxKit foxes use underground dens to keep themselves cool during summer months and warm during winter months. Thesedens also help protect the foxes from predators, such as coyotes. Kit foxes are active mostly at night and eat rodents andother small animals. These foxes do not have to drink water as their prey provides them with adequate water supplies.One unique feature of kit fox populations is that they increase and decrease with amount of rainfall. Changes inprecipitation resulting from climate change, such as higher than average rainfall or long periods of drought, havesignificant effects on the kit fox populations.Habitat loss due to agriculture, industry, and building residential areas is associated with declining kit fox populations.These foxes are also harmed by pesticides and rodenticides (chemicals that kill rodents) used by farmers when growingcropsWhich BEST describes why increased rainfall can negatively affect kit fox populations?OA Increased rainfall can lead to a loss of suitable kit fox habitats as plant growth decreases.OBO cIncreased rainfall can cause an increase in plant growth, creating a habitat which makes capturingprey difficult.Increased rainfall can diminish the local bodies of water, creating drinking water scarcity for kit foxes.DIncreased rainfall can lead to an increase in rodenticide concentrations in agricultural areas where kitfox prey lives.

The kit fox is one of a fox species that inhabits arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern…

se cats, and they began 7,000 individual months. These eat rodents and ater supplies. hanges in t, have Which BEST describes why increased rainfall can negatively affect kit fox populations? A Increased rainfall can lead to a loss of suitable kit fox habitats as plant growth decreases. B. Increased rainfall can diminish the local bodies of water, creating drinking water scarcity for kit foxes. D Increased rainfall can cause an increase in plant growth, creating a habitat which makes capturing prey difficult. Increased rainfall can lead to an increase in rodenticide concentrations in agricultural areas where kit fox prey lives.

se cats, and they began 7,000 individual months. These eat rodents and ater supplies. hanges in t, have Which BEST describes why increased rainfall can negatively affect kit fox populations? A Increased rainfall can lead to a loss of suitable kit fox habitats as plant growth decreases. B. Increased rainfall can diminish the local bodies of water, creating drinking water scarcity for kit foxes. D Increased rainfall can cause an increase in plant growth, creating a habitat which makes capturing prey difficult. Increased rainfall can lead to an increase in rodenticide concentrations in agricultural areas where kit fox prey lives.

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter18: The Biosphere And Human Effects

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