The word triage originated during World War I and was first used by French doctors in prioritizing patients based on the severity of their wounds because there were more wounded soldiers in need of urgent care than there were resources to treat them.Conservation biologists have to make similar determinations with degraded ecosystems.Which of the following is the most important consideration when it comes to managing for maintenance of biodiversity?
A) creating public awareness of endangered vertebrate species and plans to save them
B) determining which species is most important for conserving biodiversity as a whole
C) altering a non-native habitat to be more suitable for an invasive rare bird species
D) sustaining optimum population size of all plant and animal species in the ecosystem
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