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All species have a tolerance limit before they are no longer well suited to live in their environment. In three to five sentences, discuss the potential outcomes for a population when that limit is reached. There are at least four possibilities, and one point will be assigned per potential outcome mentioned.

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When environmental conditions push a population beyond its tolerance limits, individuals may die or suffer reduced survival and reproductive success, causing population decline and possible local or even global extinction. Some members may move or shift the species' geographic range to track suitable conditions. Others may show short-term physiological or behavioral acclimation, or—over many generations—evolve increased tolerance if there is heritable variation. Finally, populations can persist in small refugia (microhabitats that remain suitable) even when most of their former range becomes uninhabitable.