Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life
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ISBN: 9780357093795
Author: STARR
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING (CUSTOM)
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Chapter 48, Problem 13SQ
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Introduction: Mostly the human activities have the potential to not only harm individual species, but also to transform entire biomes. The human activities mostly damage the ecosystem. Sometimes an ecosystem is damaged much, so that the conservation of the ecosystem is not enough to sustain biodiversity.
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