The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions
Humans have been driving a global erosion of species richness for millennia, but the consequences of past extinctions for other dimensions of biodiversity—functional and phylogenetic diversity—are poorly understood. In this work, we show that, since the Late Pleistocene, the extinction of 610 bird s...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2024
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