Extinction debt repayment via timely habitat restoration
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Extinction debt repayment via timely habitat restoration
Habitat destruction threatens the viability of many populations, but its full consequences can take considerable time to unfold. Much of the discourse surrounding extinction debts—the number of species that persist transiently following habitat loss, despite being headed for extinction—frames ultimate population crashes as the means of settling the debt. However, slow population decline also op...
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عنوان ژورنال: Theoretical Ecology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1874-1738,1874-1746
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-018-0395-y