Defaunation
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defaunation-170-3718799
title:
Defaunation
text:
Defaunation is the global, local, or functional extinction of animal populations or species from ecological communities. The growth of the human population, combined with advances in harvesting technologies, has led to more intense and efficient exploitation of the environment. This has resulted in the depletion of large vertebrates from ecological communities, creating what has been termed "empty forest". Defaunation differs from extinction; it includes both the disappearance of species and dec
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Loss or extinctions of animals in the forests
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defaunation
date created:
2009-02-06T18:14:56Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T19:05:07Z
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