Nicola Cantasano*
Volume2-Issue12
Dates: Received: 2021-12-21 | Accepted: 2021-12-26 | Published: 2021-12-29
Pages: 1296-1297
Abstract
The anthropic pressure on natural systems is the main cause for the present process of biodiversity loss in terrestrial biosphere [1]. Really, the human disturbance on Earth affects the 74.1% of terrestrial and marine habitats, including 22.4% completely modified, 51.7% partially disturbed and just the 25.9% in natural and pristine conditions [2]. At the beginning of third millenium, in the middle of a post-industrial era, named “Anthropocene†[3], mankind is causing the greatest mass extinction of wildlife in terrestrial biosphere [4-6].
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Cantasano N. Ecological Networks and Fluvial Corridors in Calabria (Southern Italy). J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2021 Dec 29; 2(12): 1296-1297. doi: 10.37871/jbres1385, Article ID: JBRES1385, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1385.pdf
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