Three types of threats to biodiversity are:
habitat loss and fragmentation the introduction of exotic, or non-native, species overexploitation, or overharvesting.
determine the type of threat that each of the following statements describes.
1. a wetland is drained to make room for a housing development.
2. south american rodents called nutria eat wetland plants and cause bank erosion in the united states.
3. some fishing nets damage the seafloor.
4. melaleuca trees from australia displace native wetland vegetation in florida.
5. small rainforest remnants have less diversity than larger rainforest remnants.
6. cod are caught faster than they can reproduce.
7. florida panthers were geographically cut off from other panthers about 100 years ago.
8. wild american ginseng populations have declined as a result of increased demand for the roots.