Question

Which of the following human activities most likely resulted in the growth of the North American deer population?
a.
hunting bison
b.
clearing land for farming
c.
hunting wolves
d.
city building

Answer 1

c. hunting wolves

Removing wolves (and other large predators) reduces natural predation on deer, allowing their numbers to rise. The other choices either have little direct effect (hunting bison), mixed effects (clearing land can both remove habitat and create edge that sometimes benefits deer), or generally reduce suitable habitat (city building).