Ecologists warn that human population growth, economic development, and poverty are exerting increasing pressure on the earth's ecosystems and on the ____ it provides.

A. cultural incentives
B. abundant lifestyle
C. technological growth
D. ecosystem services
E. scientific research


Answer: D

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