Habitat destruction and the extinction debt

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Extinction debtHabitatExtinction (optical mineralogy)EcologyHabitat destructionHabitat fragmentationFragmentation (computing)Abundance (ecology)GeographyBiologyPaleontology

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Year: 1994
Type: article
Volume: 371
Issue: 6492
Pages: 65-66
Citations: 2718
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                                    David Tilman, 
                                
                                    Robert M. May, 
                                
                                    Clarence Lehman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1994). 
                            Habitat destruction and the extinction debt. 
                            Nature
                            , 371
                            (6492)
                            , 65-66.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/371065a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/371065a0