Fremont is a low-lying coastal city with a flurry of recent development. Over half of the wetlands and forests in Fremont have recently been filled and cleared to allow for residential and shopping development. Most of the former forests and wetlands have been paved to provide streets, sidewalks, and foundations for homes and businesses. What likely consequence might the city of Fremont experience as a result of this recent development?

answer: decrease

a limiting factor is the one which decrease the abundance, distribution and causes extinction of the population of species in a ecosystem. here, predators including hawks, owls and snakes are the limiting factor for the population of mexican free tailed bat.   although bats are nocturnal animals as they forge for food at night these predators also may remain active during night which can decrease the population of the mexican free-tailed bats. also, these bats eat only one type of insects that are moths. the food can also be a limiting factor as all 400 members are dependent upon same type of food needs that are moths. the decrease in the moth population can cause decrease in population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.

therefore, the scenarios will most likely to decrease the population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.  

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