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Phylogenetically Clustered Extinction Risks Do Not Substantially Prune the Tree of Life

Anthropogenic activities have increased the rate of biological extinction many-fold. Recent empirical studies suggest that projected extinction may lead to extensive loss to the Tree of Life, much more than if extinction were random. One suggested cause is that extinction risk is heritable (phylogen...

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Autores principales: Parhar, Rakesh K., Mooers, Arne Ø.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21853147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023528