The Shrinking of Available Habitat Reduces Populations of Wild Species

question 20

Multiple Choice

The shrinking of available habitat reduces populations of wild species and often also isolates them from one another.Individual populations become trapped in pockets of undeveloped land surrounded by areas of agriculture.This process is called ________.

• A)isolation
• B)stagnation
• C)overdevelopment
• D)underdevelopment
• E)population fragmentation

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