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Rates of extinction tend to be higher on islands than on the mainland.
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True.

Step-by-step explanation:

In biogeography, extinction is the ending of the existence of some species or other taxonomic group. It is a normal natural phenomenon. Species are becoming extinct because the factors that keep the population small, such as diseases or predators, are increasing, because their living environment is changing drastically due to climate change, for example, or because competition is increasing.

Thus, if these species are enclosed in small and dead-end territories, such as an island, their extinction will be easier, since they will not have the possibility of migrating (except for birds) or expanding territorially.

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