Drastic population fluctuations explain the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon

To assess the role of human disturbances in species' extinction requires an understanding of the species population history before human impact. The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant bird in the world, with a population size estimated at 3-5 billion in the 1800s; its abrupt extinction...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 111; no. 29; p. 10636
Main Authors:	Hung, Chih-Ming, Shaner, Pei-Jen L, Zink, Robert M, Liu, Wei-Chung, Chu, Te-Chin, Huang, Wen-San, Li, Shou-Hsien
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 22.07.2014
Subjects:	Animals Chromosome Mapping Columbidae - physiology Extinction, Biological Food Supply Genome - genetics Geography Markov Chains Population Density Population Dynamics Quercus - physiology United States United States genome sequences toe pad ancient DNA
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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