population extinction

How Does Poaching Affect Africa?

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How Does Poaching Affect Africa? Poaching is threatening wildlife conservation in Africa. Elephant (Loxodonta How has poaching affected Africa? Highly organized illegal poaching threatens to send black and white rhinos, elephants and other African wildlife into extinction over the next several decades. The black rhino population has plummeted 97.6% since 1960 and the lion population

Can Extinction Be Linked With Genetic Variation?

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Can Extinction Be Linked With Genetic Variation? Studies have repeatedly shown that rapid reductions in genetic diversity, as we are seeing in populations worldwide, increase the risk of extinction. By moving individuals between populations, and allowing those individuals to interbreed with local populations, we generate offspring with increased genetic diversity. How does genetic variation affect