• study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions. Local extinctions mark a change in the ecology of an area...
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    Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if...
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    Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event caused by humans during the Holocene epoch. These extinctions span numerous...
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    Marine extinction intensity during the Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME)...
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    De-extinction (also known as resurrection biology, or species revivalism) is the process of generating an organism that either resembles or is an extinct...
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  • refers to any occurrence of delayed extinction. Extinction debt may be local or global, but most examples are local as these are easier to observe and...
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    Marine extinction intensity during the Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S An extinction event (also known as a mass...
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    Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the...
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    Human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species, either by population decline due to extraneous natural causes, such as an asteroid impact...
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    Marine extinction intensity during the Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Triassic–Jurassic (Tr-J) extinction event...
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    Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel...
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    P–Tr) extinction event (PTME; also known as the Late Permian extinction event, the Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian extinction event,...
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    The extinction symbol represents the threat of holocene extinction on Earth; a circle represents the planet and a stylised hourglass is a warning that...
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    The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) is an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction in order to cause the...
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    The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw numerous extinctions of predominantly megafaunal (typically defined as having body masses over...
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    In astronomy, extinction is the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation by dust and gas between an emitting astronomical object and the...
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  • lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem...
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    in the exclusion of a species in the habitat, niche separation, and local extinction. The changes of these species over time can also change communities...
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    Marine extinction intensity during the Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Late Devonian extinction consisted of...
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  • Extinction vortices are a class of models through which conservation biologists, geneticists and ecologists can understand the dynamics of and categorize...
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    Functional extinction is the extinction of a species or other taxon such that: It disappears from the fossil record, or historic reports of its existence...
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    wild species for an alphabetical list Extinction Ecological extinction Lists of extinct species Local extinction Nature conservation Species reintroduction...
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  • Background extinction rate, also known as the normal extinction rate, refers to the standard rate of extinction in Earth's geological and biological history...
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    Caspian tiger (category Mammal extinctions since 1500)
    soloensis Panthera tigris trinilensis Panthera tigris acutidens Holocene extinction Nowell, K. & Jackson, P. (1996). "Tiger, Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)"...
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  • other distinct types of extinction: Global extinction is defined as "the ubiquitous disappearance of a species". Local extinction is characterized by "the...
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  • sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during...
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    There are several plausible pathways that could lead to an increased extinction risk from climate change. Every plant and animal species has evolved to...
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    Native species (redirect from Local plant)
    which occurred in a region during prehistory but have since suffered local extinction there due to human involvement. A native species in a location is not...
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    This is a list of extinction events, both mass and minor:   "Big Five" major extinction events (see graphic) Marine extinction intensity during the Phanerozoic...
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    Undulose extinction or undulatory extinction is a geological term referring to the type of extinction that occurs in certain minerals when examined in...
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