Amphibian decline or extinction? Current declines dwarf background extinction rate

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作者：
McCallum, Malcolm L. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Biol Sci Program, Texarkana, TX 75501 USA
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JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY | 2007年 / 41卷 / 03期
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10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[483:ADOECD]2.0.CO;2
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Q95 [动物学];
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071002 ;
摘要：
Amphibian declines and extinctions are critical concerns of biologists around the world. The estimated current rate of amphibian extinction is known, but how it compares to the background amphibian extinction rate from the fossil record has not been well studied. I compared current amphibian extinction rates with their reported background extinction rates using standard and fuzzy arithmetic. These calculations suggest that the current extinction rate of amphibians could be 211 times the background amphibian extinction rate. If current estimates of amphibian species in imminent danger of extinction are included in these calculations, then the current amphibian extinction rate may range from 25,039-45,474 times the background extinction rate for amphibians. It is difficult to explain this unprecedented and accelerating rate of extinction as a natural phenomenon.
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