translate English to French: The colonial nature of the species made it particularly vulnerable to human persecution, which has had devastating consequences on populations of the Timber Rattlesnake.
La nature coloniale de cette espÃ¨ce la rend particuliÃ¨rement vulnÃ©rable Ã la persÃ©cution par les humains, laquelle a eu des consÃ©quences dÃ©vastatrices sur les populations de crotales des bois.