Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

2011/03/02 by Anthony D. Barnosky, Nicholas Matzke, Nicholas J. Matzke +13 · 1 voice · 13 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1038/nature09678

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