Estimating the normal background rate of species extinction

A key measure of humanity's global impact is by how much it has increased species extinction rates. Familiar statements are that these are 100–1000 times pre‐human or background extinction levels. Estimating recent rates is straightforward, but establishing a background rate for comparison is n...

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Published in:	Conservation biology Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 452 - 462
Main Authors:	De Vos, Jurriaan M, Joppa, Lucas N, Gittleman, John L, Stephens, Patrick R, Pimm, Stuart L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Scientific Publications 01.04.2015 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley Periodicals Inc
Subjects:	Animals Biological Evolution Chordata Computer Simulation Conservation biology Conservation of Natural Resources Contributed Papers diversification rates ecosystems Estimating techniques Extinction extinction rate Extinction, Biological filogenias moleculares fossil record Fossils Invertebrates linajes a través del tiempo lineages through time Models, Biological molecular phylogenies new species Phylogeny Plants plants (botany) registro fósil Speciation Species extinction tasa de diversificación tasa de extinción Taxa extinction rate lineages through time registro fósil tasa de extinción fossil record filogenias moleculares linajes a través del tiempo diversification rates tasa de diversificación molecular phylogenies
ISSN:	0888-8892, 1523-1739, 1523-1739
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