extinction
Extinction refers to the complete disappearance of a particular species or group of organisms from the Earth, typically due to the death or inability to reproduce of all its members.
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Related Concepts (27)
- adaptation to the environment
- animal extinction
- anthropocene extinction
- biodiversity loss
- climate change
- conservation biology
- darwinian evolution
- deforestation
- ecological imbalance
- endangered species
- environmental conservation
- evolution
- evolutionary theory
- extinction rates
- fossil record
- habitat destruction
- hunting
- illegal wildlife trade
- invasive species
- loss of biodiversity
- macroevolution
- mass extinctions
- natural selection
- overfishing
- poaching
- species decline
- wildlife protection