CAMPBEL BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS & CONNECTIONS
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ISBN: 9780136538820
Author: Taylor
Publisher: INTER PEAR
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Introduction: The greatest threat to the biodiversity and the species of plants and animals is caused due to the destruction of their natural habitat and ecosystem. The species die and get extinct due to the climatic changes causing change in the temperature, pressure and humidity of the place. The other causes of the destruction of the habitat includes cutting of the trees, floods, hunting of the animals and pollution in the environment.
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