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World’s largest plant survey reveals alarming extinction rate

Since 1900, nearly 3 species of seed-bearing plants have disappeared per year ― 500 times faster than they would naturally.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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The world’s seed-bearing plants have been disappearing at a rate of nearly 3 species a year since 1900 ― which is up to 500 times higher than would be expected as a result of natural forces alone, according to the largest survey yet of plant extinctions.

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Nature 570, 148-149 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01810-6

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  1. Humphreys, A. M. et al. Nature Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 (2019).

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