in the late 1800s and early 1900s farmers and ranchers slaughtered coyotes, bobcats, wolves, mountain lions, eagles, and rattlesnakes, trying to protect their cattle. one direct result may have been

a) a decrease in soil quality
b) an increase in predation
c) an increase in soil quality
d) an increase in the prairie dog population
e) a decrease in the prairie dog population

In the late 1800s and early 1900s farmers and ranchers slaughtered coyotes, bobcats, wolves, mountain lions, eagles, and rattlesnakes, trying to protect their cattle. One direct result may have been an increase in the prairie dog population. Option D is correct.

Prairie dogs used to dig through the soil, making new burrows. They ate the grasses, and roots as good herbivorous  which burrow rodents native to the grasslands of North America. Nowadays the can be found particularly in the northern states.

seeing as no choices were provided, i'll do my best to answer it from knowledge.

job specialization promotes work ethic to the person doing the job. he/she may be strong in the arms and able to lift things, specializing him/her in a job where you lift and carry.

the answer to your question is c