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Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans

Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans

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Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans

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Full title

Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans

Publisher

Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Journal title

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2015-05, Vol.348 (6234), p.567-570

Language

English

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Publisher

Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Marine taxa are threatened by anthropogenic impacts, but knowledge of their extinction vulnerabilities is limited. The fossil record provides rich information on past extinctions that can help predict biotic responses. We show that over 23 million years, taxonomic membership and geographic range size consistently explain a large proportion of extin...

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Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1904213579

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1904213579

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ISSN

0036-8075

E-ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.aaa6635

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