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Extinction Rates

This book provides a data-driven treatment of present and likely future rates of extinction. The authors highlight apparent differences in extinction rates among taxonomic groups and places, aiming to identify unresolved issues and important questions.

Contents

Preface; 1. Assessing extinction rates; 2. Extinctions in the fossil record; 3. Constancy and change of life in the sea; 4. Insect faunas in ice age environments: why so little extinction?; 5. Bird extinctions in the Central Pacific; 6. Extinctions in Mediterranean areas; 7. Recent past and future extinctions in birds; 8. Rates and patterns of extinction among British invertebrates; 9. Assessing the risk of plant extinction due to pollinator and disperser failure; 10. Population dynamic principles; 11. Estimating extinction from molecular phylogenies; 12. Biological models for monitoring species decline: the construction and use of databases; 13. Classification of species and its role in conservation planning; 14. The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss; Author index; Subject index

Specifications

Pm Supplier	OUP /Oxford University Press Distribution
Pm Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pm Isbn 10	019854829X
Pm Isbn 13	9780198548294
Pm Publication Date	1995-01-12
Pm Width	156
Pm Height	16
Pm Author	Lawton, JH, May, RM
Pm Longness	234

Key Info: 50 illus
Author: Lawton, JH, May, RM
Page Count: 256
Publication Date: 1995-01-12