Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The human-driven alterations in natural habitat due to which certain species are no more supportive in that habitat are termed as habitat destruction. Organisms that used to live in that habitat get displaced or are unable to survive there due to habitat destruction.
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