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Pattern, process, inference and prediction in extinction biology
Extinction is a key feature of the evolutionary history of life, and assessments of extinction risk are essential for the effective protection of biodiversity. The goal in assembling this special issue of Biology Letters was to highlight problems and questions at the research frontier of extinction biology, with an emphasis on recent developments in the methodology of inferring the patterns and processes of extinction from a background of often noisy and sparse data. In selecting topics, we sought to illustrate how extinction is not simply a selfevident phenomenon, but the subject of a dynamic and quantitatively rigorous field of natural science, with practical applications to conservation.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Biology LettersVolume
13Article number
20160828Number
20160828Pagination
1-3ISSN
1744-9561Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Royal Society PublishingPlace of publication
6-9 Carlton House Terr, London, SW1Y 5AG UKRights statement
Copyright 2017 The AuthorsRepository Status
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