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background extinction

Normal extinction of various species as a result of changes in local environmental conditions. Compare mass depletion, mass extinction.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 5 - Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation [2]
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