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Which phenomenon is included in the definition of habitat fragmentation?
Which phenomenon is included in the definition of habitat fragmentation?
- Reduction in the total area of the habitat (correct)
- Expansion of each patch of habitat
- Combining of habitat fragments
- Increase of the interior: edge ratio
What is one of the major causes of habitat fragmentation?
What is one of the major causes of habitat fragmentation?
- Predator-prey dynamics
- Climate change
- Genetic mutations
- Geological processes (correct)
What human activity can alter the environment much faster and cause the extinction of many species?
What human activity can alter the environment much faster and cause the extinction of many species?
- Water conservation
- Air pollution
- Recycling programs
- Land conversion (correct)
Which process results in large and contiguous habitats getting divided into smaller, isolated patches of habitats?
Which process results in large and contiguous habitats getting divided into smaller, isolated patches of habitats?
What does habitat fragmentation cause?
What does habitat fragmentation cause?
What is one of the major causes of habitat fragmentation?
What is one of the major causes of habitat fragmentation?
Which phenomenon is included in the definition of habitat fragmentation?
Which phenomenon is included in the definition of habitat fragmentation?
What does habitat fragmentation lead to?
What does habitat fragmentation lead to?
What is a specific human activity that can cause habitat fragmentation?
What is a specific human activity that can cause habitat fragmentation?
Which factor is not a part of habitat fragmentation?
Which factor is not a part of habitat fragmentation?
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Habitat Fragmentation
- Habitat fragmentation is a process that results in large and contiguous habitats getting divided into smaller, isolated patches of habitats.
- Habitat fragmentation is caused by human activities such as deforestation, urbanization, and infrastructure development.
- One of the major causes of habitat fragmentation is human settlement and land-use changes.
- Habitat fragmentation causes the disruption of ecological processes, reduces biodiversity, and increases the extinction risk of many species.
- Habitat fragmentation leads to population isolation, inbreeding, and reduced gene flow.
- The human activity that can cause habitat fragmentation is infrastructure development, such as road construction, which can alter the environment rapidly and lead to the extinction of many species.
- Climate change is not a part of habitat fragmentation, it is a separate environmental issue.
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