Fatal attraction: rare species in the spotlight
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Fatal attraction: rare species in the spotlight
The exploitation of rare and endangered species can end in the species's extinction because the increased value people associate with rarity increases the economic incentive to exploit the last individuals, creating a positive feedback loop. This recently proposed concept, called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), relies on the assumption that people do value rarity, but this remains to be e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1475