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The threatened status of restricted-range coral reef fish species [PDF]
, 2000 Coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystem in the sea. Throughout the world they are being overfished, polluted and destroyed, placing biodiversity at risk.
Clark, V, Hawkins, J P, Roberts, C M
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Accelerated mass extinction in an isolated biota during Late Devonian climate changes
Scientific Reports, 2021 The fossil record can illuminate factors that contribute to extinction risk during times of global environmental disturbance; for example, inferred thermal tolerance was an important predictor of extinction during several mass extinctions that ...
Jaleigh Q. Pier +4 more
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Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals [PDF]
, 2017 Although habitat fragmentation is often assumed to be a primary driver of extinction, global patterns of fragmentation and its relationship to extinction risk have not been consistently quantified for any major animal taxon.
Butchart +24 more
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Environmental and anthropogenic constraints on animal space use drive extinction risk worldwide.
Ecology Letters, 2021 Animals require a certain amount of habitat to persist and thrive, and habitat loss is one of the most critical drivers of global biodiversity decline. While habitat requirements have been predicted by relationships between species traits and home-range ...
Myriam R. Hirt +7 more
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Conservation genetics – science in the service of nature
Acta Biologica, 2020 Conservation genetics is a subdicipline of conservation biology which deals with the extinction risk and many other problems of nature conservation by using genetic tools and techniques.
Cansel Taşkın, Jakub Skorupski
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 China has many threatened plant species, which are exposed to environmental degradation and other anthropogenic pressures. We assessed support for potential extinction pathways in Chinese angiosperm genera and quantified possible threats to phylogenetic ...
Haibin Yu +4 more
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Climate change and the selective signature of the Late Ordovician mass extinction [PDF]
, 2012 Selectivity patterns provide insights into the causes of ancient extinction events. The Late Ordovician mass extinction was related to Gondwanan glaciation; however, it is still unclear whether elevated extinction rates were attributable to record ...
Finnegan, Seth +3 more
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Human population density and extinction risk in the world's carnivores. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2004 Understanding why some species are at high risk of extinction, while others remain relatively safe, is central to the development of a predictive conservation science.
Marcel Cardillo +5 more
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Morphological traits of reef corals predict extinction risk but not conservation status
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2021 Aim The current assessment of extinction risk in reef corals by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been criticized, because coral life-history traits associated with resilience are not reflected in the conservation status.
N. Raja +5 more
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Ecological and Conservation Correlates of Rarity in New World Pitvipers
Diversity, 2019 Rare species tend to be especially sensitive to habitat disturbance, making them important conservation targets. Thus, rarity patterns might be an important guide to conservation efforts.
Irina Birskis-Barros +4 more
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