HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CURRENT EXTINCTION RATE

被引：91

作者：

SMITH, FDM ^{[1
]}

MAY, RM ^{[1
]}

PELLEW, R ^{[1
]}

JOHNSON, TH ^{[1
]}

WALTER, KR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] WORLD CONSERVAT MONITORING CTR,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0DL,ENGLAND

来源：

TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | 1993年 / 8卷 / 10期

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D O I：

10.1016/0169-5347(93)90223-C

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Since about 1600, 486 animal species have been recorded extinct. This represents about 0.04% of all animal species so far described. In the same period, 600 plant species are known to have disappeared, about 0.25% of the total. These figures are much smaller than those of the Permian/Triassic and Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinctions. One might therefore conclude that at present life on earth is at comparatively little risk of extinction. However, there is a growing body of data to show that the converse is true.

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