Extinction

• 19 February 1998
• book chapter
• Published by Wiley
• p. 20-38
• https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444313499.ch2

Abstract

Keywords

• HUMAN FUTURE AND EXTINCTIONS - CRISIS OR CONSPIRACY
• EXTINCTIONS - A PART OF EARTH'S HISTORY
• BACKGROUND RATE OF EXTINCTION
• EXTINCTION RATES AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSCS
• HABITAT LOSS - PREDOMINANT CAUSE OF EXTINCTION
• SIMPLE MODELS OF EXTINCTION
• ‘COOKIE CUTTER’ MODEL AND KNOWN MECHANISMS OF EXTINCTION
• ESTIMATING FUTURE SPECIES LOSSES FROM HABITAT LOSS
• FUTURE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
• GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS DATA