Unrealistic assumptions invalidate extinction estimates
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Unrealistic assumptions invalidate extinction estimates.
Hubbell et al. (1) estimated the number of Amazonian tree species threatened with extinction due to habitat loss predicted under 2 development scenarios for the Brazilian Amazon (2). Unfortunately, their analysis suffers from several critical weaknesses that render the results suspect, if not meaningless, for conservation. Hubbell et al. (1) model species ranges as circles or ellipses, the area...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808335106