Nature's Design's: The Biology of Survival by Mantri Pam, Thomas John

“…This includes at least five mass-extinction events that wiped out over 70% of all species in each such biotic crisis. …”
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Ecology and conservation of the endemic lizard Tropidurus hygomi in “restinga” habitats of the north coast of Bahia state, Brazil by Karina Vieira Martins, Eduardo José dos Reis Dias, Carlos Frederico Duarte da Rocha

“…Fragmentation of the landscape and habitat loss within natural ecosystems are the factors which are mainly responsible for reduction of species diversity by extinction events. The goal of thepresent study was elucidate whether the conservation status of restinga habitats on the northern coast of Bahia state was interfering with microhabitat use by the endemic lizard Tropidurus hygomi. …”
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Towards a Mathematical Description of Biodiversity Evolution by Jorge E. Horvath

“…The known solutions for the homogeneous problem are then tentatively related to the biodiversity curves of Sepkoski and Alroy et al., suggesting mostly an inertial behavior of the time evolution of the number of genera and a quadratic behavior in some long-term evolution after extinction events. We present the Green function for the dynamical system and apply it to the description of the recovery curve after the Permo-Triassic extinction, as recently analyzed by Burgess, Bowring and Shen. …”
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Aromatic carotenoids: Biological sources and geological implications by Jian Ma, Xingqian Cui

“…Aromatic carotenoids have been discovered in geological sections recording mass extinction events, oceanic anoxic events, and other geological abnormalities. …”
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A new model for extinction and recolonization in two dimensions: quantifying phylogeography. by Barton, N, Kelleher, J, Etheridge, A

“…We propose a new model that deals with these problems. Extinction events kill some fraction of individuals in a region. …”

Reduced plate motion controlled timing of Early Jurassic Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province volcanism by Ruhl, M, Jenkyns, H, Mather, TA, Macniocaill, C

“…This new model mechanistically links Earth’s interior and surficial processes, and the mechanism is consistent with the timing of several of the largest LIP volcanic events throughout Earth history, and thus the timing of many of Earth’s past global climate change and mass extinction events.…”

Measuring change in biological communities: multivariate analysis approaches for temporal datasets with low sample size by Hannah L. Buckley, Nicola J. Day, Bradley S. Case, Gavin Lear

“…Structural changes reflect population dynamics, changes in biomass and relative abundances of taxa, and colonisation and extinction events observed in samples collected through time. …”
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Impact of Landscape on Host–Parasite Genetic Diversity and Distribution Using the <i>Puumala orthohantavirus</i>–Bank Vole System by Maria Razzauti, Guillaume Castel, Jean-François Cosson

“…Genetic drift and extinction events were better reflected than local adaptation of PUUV. …”
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Dynamical behaviours of discrete amensalism system with fear effects on first species by Qianqian Li, Ankur Jyoti Kashyap, Qun Zhu, Fengde Chen

“…These findings highlight the complex interplay between external factors and intrinsic system dynamics, enriching potential mechanisms for driving species changes and extinction events.…”
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Cultural macroevolution of musical instruments in South America by Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Chiara Barbieri, Anna Graff, José Pérez de Arce, Hyram Moreno, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

“…Twenty-five percent of the instruments in the standard organological classification are present in the archaeological, but not in the ethnographic record, suggesting extinction events. Most recent extinctions can be traced back to European contact, causing a reduction in indigenous cultural diversity.…”
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La fauna exótica en la Península Ibérica : apuntes para el estudio del coleccionismo animal en el Medievo hispánico by Dolores Carmen Morales Muñiz

“…In addition, a brief consideration is made about aspects related to the introductions of autochtonous species at various places of the iberían territory itself as well as extinction events of certain taxa or stocks.</span>…”
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DIVERSITY PATTERNS OF NOTOSUCHIA (CROCODYLIFORMES, MESOEUCROCODYLIA) DURING THE CRETACEOUS OF GONDWANA by Diego Pol, Juan Martín Leardi

“…We identify two subsequent pulses of diversification in the late Early Cretaceous and the middle Late Cretaceous, followed by two separate extinction events that occurred during the latest Cretaceous (Campanian/Maastricht- ian). …”
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A closer look reveals hidden diversity in the intertidal Caribbean Fortuyniidae (Acari, Oribatida). by Tobias Pfingstl, Sylvia Schäffer, Iris Bardel-Kahr, Julia Baumann

“…Haplotype network data suggest that Bermudian and Bahamian populations were largely shaped by colonization, expansion and extinction events caused by dramatic sea level changes during the Pleistocene. …”
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Scaled biotic disruption during early Eocene global warming events by S. J. Gibbs, P. R. Bown, B. H. Murphy, A. Sluijs, K. M. Edgar, H. Pälike, C. T. Bolton, J. C. Zachos

“…Here we quantify marine biotic variability through three million years of the early Eocene that include five hyperthermals, utilizing a method that allows us to integrate the records of different plankton groups through scenarios ranging from background to major extinction events. Our long time-series calcareous nannoplankton record indicates a scaling of biotic disruption to climate change associated with the amount of carbon released during the various hyperthermals. …”
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Distribution of the fittest individuals and the rate of Muller's ratchet in a model with overlapping generations. by Jakob J Metzger, Stephan Eule

“…As a click in this regime is caused by a rare, large fluctuation from a metastable state, we do not resort to a diffusion approximation but apply an approximation scheme which is especially well suited to describe extinction events from metastable states. This method also allows for a derivation of expressions for the quasi-stationary distribution of the fittest class. …”
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A closer look reveals hidden diversity in the intertidal Caribbean Fortuyniidae (Acari, Oribatida) by Tobias Pfingstl, Sylvia Schäffer, Iris Bardel-Kahr, Julia Baumann

“…Haplotype network data suggest that Bermudian and Bahamian populations were largely shaped by colonization, expansion and extinction events caused by dramatic sea level changes during the Pleistocene. …”
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A hypothesis linking sub-optimal seawater <I>p</I>CO₂ conditions for cnidarian-<I>Symbiodinium</I> symbioses with the exceedence of the interglacial threshold (>260 ppmv... by S. A. Wooldridge

“…The relevance of this biological threshold is discussed in terms of historical reef extinction events, glacial-interglacial climate cycles and the modern decline of coral reef ecosystems.…”
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Turnover Dynamics of Breeding Land Birds on Islands: is Island Biogeographic Theory ‘True but Trivial’ over Decadal Time-Scales? by Duncan McCollin

“…However, at longer intervals (12 and 24 years), a sizeable minority of species (11% of the total recorded) showed evidence of colonisation and/or extinction events despite sizeable populations (some upwards of 50 pairs). …”
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Simultaneous Whole-Chamber Non-contact Mapping of Highest Dominant Frequency Sites During Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Ablation Study by Gavin S. Chu, Gavin S. Chu, Xin Li, Xin Li, Peter J. Stafford, Frederique J. Vanheusden, João L. Salinet, Tiago P. Almeida, Tiago P. Almeida, Nawshin Dastagir, Alastair J. Sandilands, Paulus Kirchhof, Fernando S. Schlindwein, Fernando S. Schlindwein, G. André Ng, G. André Ng

“…Baseline isopotential maps of ablated regions were retrospectively analyzed looking for rotors and focal activation or extinction events.ResultsA total of 51 HDF regions were identified and ablated in 10 patients (median DF 5.8Hz, range 4.4–7.1Hz). …”
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PacBio Hi-Fi genome assembly of the Iberian dolphin freshwater mussel Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793 by André Gomes-dos-Santos, Manuel Lopes-Lima, M. André Machado, Amílcar Teixeira, L. Filipe C. Castro, Elsa Froufe

“…They are highly threatened showing the highest record of extinction events within faunal taxa. Conservation is particularly concerning in species occurring in the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot that are exposed to multiple anthropogenic threats, possibly acting in synergy. …”
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