The peak in recovery of biodiversity seems to lag the peak of anextinction by about ten million years. This pattern is independent of theseverity of extinction, implying that recoveries create new ecological opportunities.
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Erwin, D. Life's downs and ups. Nature 404, 129–130 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35004679
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