Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution

The extinction debt being paid in modern biodiversity crashes began in the Second Industrial Revolution, indicating a long-term anthropogenic impact on forest species richness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ziyan Liao, Shushi Peng, Youhua Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04277-w