What are the main causes of the loss of the biological diversity nowadays?

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Chapter56: Ecology And The Geography Of Life
Section56.4: Biogeography
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What are the main causes of the loss of the biological diversity nowadays?

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Biodiversity is also called as biological diversity. Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including marine, terrestrial, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part. This includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.

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