In spite of hundreds of millions of dollars spent on insecticides targeted at pest species, such as mosquitoes and crop pests, w
e have been unable to drive any to extinction. On the other hand, bird, fish, plant, and insect species that we barely recognize have gone extinct. This has mainly been due to: A) huntingB) farmingC) insecticides such as DDTD) habitat destructionE) scientific collecting
Since the question states that they want to determine the population of the desert mice. You get the direct answer from just using context clues. Since population means one species in a certain area, it means that this method will work if the mice stay in the same area.