Explain with examples how do habitat loss and fragmentation cause extinction of plants and animals ?
Explain with examples how do habitat loss and fragmentation cause extinction of plants and animals ?

Answer: The most common cause of extinction is habitat loss and fragmentation.

The extinction of a few primates in the tropical rain forest, out of 620 species, is an example of habitat destruction. Tropical rain forests now cover 6% of the earth’s land surface, down from 14% previously, and are rapidly disappearing

The Amazon rain forest, for example, is being chopped and cleared for soybean farming or conversion to grasslands for growing beef cattle, resulting in the extinction of species. This is the result of land fragmentation, which causes population decreases. The amount of acceptable habitat available to organisms is reduced as a result of habitat loss and fragmentation.