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Hidden assumption hypes species-loss predictions

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Researchers question widespread method of assessing extinction rates.

A massive extinction resulting from habitat loss is under way — but perhaps not as rapidly as is often predicted.

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  1. Virginia Gewin
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Gewin, V. Hidden assumption hypes species-loss predictions. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.301

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