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Current extinction rates of reptiles and amphibians
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Significance: It is hard to know how many species have gone extinct so far because it is difficult to prove that something not seen recently is really gone forever. This paper uses a new, highly conservative statistical method to infer the number of extinct amphibian and reptile species across the world. Frogs are of particular concern because an invasive fungus has recently caused many populations to collapse. The data are lists of specimens in museum collections. The method provides sensible results when the data are randomized or artificial extinctions are imposed. It suggests that about 200 frog extinctions have occurred and hundreds more will be lost over the next century, so we are on pace to create a mass extinction.
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- Authors
- Alroy, J.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2015-10-05
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 42
- Pages
- 13003-13008
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2114861765
- Cited by
- 277
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 18.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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