Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133910605
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 31.4, Problem 1TC
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To determine:

The type of species most likely to disappear from small patches of forest and resulting effect on the ecosystem.

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Species disappear or extinction of species occurs when the habitat of the species gets affected by human activities like urbanization, and deforestation.

This will result in an imbalance in the ecosystem, an imbalance in the food chain, bad climate conditions, an increase in the rate of global warming.

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