The lonely earth.
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Biomedical subjects
S Pimm
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Biodiversity. Managing nature when there are no 'ill winds'.
Interspecific interactions affect biodiversity, but in unpredictable ways that change over time and space. There is little evidence for the 'ill wind that blows no good' to any species. So how can we manage nature?
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Extinction rates. Modern extinctions in the kilo-death range.
For some groups of species, extinction rates are orders of magnitude higher than expected background rates--many species now last nearer a fateful second than their destined hour.
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