Extinctions in Ecological Communities : direct and indirect effects of perturbation on biodiversity

In the dawning of what may become Earth’s 6th mass extinction the topic of this thesis, understanding extinction processes and what determines the magnitude of species loss, has become only too relevant. The number of known extinctions (~850) during the last centuries translates to extinction rates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtsdotter, Alva
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Teoretisk Biologi 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-108906
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