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Accelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

The oft-repeated claim that Earth’s biota is entering a sixth “mass extinction” depends on clearly demonstrating that current extinction rates are far above the “background” rates prevailing between the five previous mass extinctions. Earlier estimates of extinction rates have been criticized for us...

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Autores principales: Ceballos, Gerardo, Ehrlich, Paul R., Barnosky, Anthony D., García, Andrés, Pringle, Robert M., Palmer, Todd M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400253