Vertebrate biodiversity losses point to a sixth mass extinction

2015/05/26 by Malcolm L. McCallum · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1007/s10531-015-0940-6

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• The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?
• Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines
• Are Insects Heading Toward Their First Mass Extinction? Distinguishing Turnover From Crises in Their Fossil Record
• Conservation paleobiology [wikipedia]
• Extinction event [wikipedia]
• Holocene extinction [wikipedia]