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Biology
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ISBN: 9780134813448
Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 17.4, Problem 1CT
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To determine:

Who should decide which species will live and which will die.

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Mass extinction is an event that is involved in the extinction of very large populations of biodiversity present on the Earth. It occurs when the rate of extinction is more than the rate of speciation.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The criteria decide which species will live and which will die are based on.

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The endangered species is a species whose number has fallen to a critically low level and are likely facing the threat of extinction. The extinction of the species occurs due to loss of habitat and due to loss of genetic variation.

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