The shrinking of available habitat reduces populations of wild species and often also isolates them from one another.Individual populations become trapped in pockets of undeveloped land surrounded by areas of agriculture.This process is called ________.
A)isolation
B)stagnation
C)overdevelopment
D)underdevelopment
E)population fragmentation

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The process described in the question is population fragmentation, which occurs when habitat loss and degradation divide larger habitats into smaller, isolated fragments, resulting in the separation of populations and reduced genetic diversity. Options A, B, C, and D are not appropriate to describe this phenomenon.

The Shrinking of Available Habitat Reduces Populations of Wild Species