How Is Habitat Fragmentation Related to Biodiversity Loss

question 18

Multiple Choice

How is habitat fragmentation related to biodiversity loss?

• A) Less carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants in fragmented habitats.
• B) In fragmented habitats, more soil erosion takes place.
• C) Populations of organisms in fragments are smaller and, thus, more susceptible to extinction.
• D) Animals are forced out of smaller habitat fragments.
• E) Fragments generate silt that negatively affects sensitive river and stream organisms.

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