Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 48, Problem 13SQ
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Introduction: Mostly, human behaviors have the prospective to not only damage the species, but also to convert entire biomes in a drastic way. Human activities mostly damage the ecosystem. Sometimes, an ecosystem is damaged so much that the conservation of the ecosystem is not enough to sustain biodiversity.
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