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A population of toads have been happily living in an

Last updated: 8/7/2022

A population of toads have been happily living in an

A population of toads have been happily living in an isolated swamp for the past hundred years. Scientists have decided to test whether or not this particular specie is limited to only inhabiting this particular ecosystem. After transplantation to a moss-covered forest nearby the toads seem to be surviving and reproducing readily Which of the following could explain why these toads have never before inhabited the forest? The mobility of the toads and insufficient time did not allow the species to ever encounter this ecosystem. There is a large geographical barrier prevented the toads from leaving the swamp and entering the forest. A predator that once preyed upon toads in this forest has now become extinct. All of the above are possible