You are presented with the question "if a species is rare, harm to it's population increases or decreases?" and the following answer choices: 
- drought
 - Pesticides
 - constant
 - increases
 - stays the same
 - influenza
 - deforestation
 - decreases

Now knowing that harming an animal species has a negative impact on the population size of that species and rarity in plants and animals frequently manifests itself in small or reduced population size, choose the best answer.


 

    increases     