The development of a shopping mall can split a natural habitat into smaller parts. this effect is known as

Here are the following choices to the question above.a.biodiversity.b.habitat preservation.c.habitat fragmentation.d.biological magnification.The development of a shopping mall can split a natural habitat into smaller parts. this effect is known as habitat fragmentation.
Habitat fragmentation is the breaking up of one patch of habitat into several smaller patches.  

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