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Comment
. 2015 Apr 14;112(15):4514-5.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502766112. Epub 2015 Apr 6.

Continental-level biodiversity collapse

David B Lindenmayer  1
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Continental-level biodiversity collapse

David B Lindenmayer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1.
(A) Red fox eating a native mammal, an example of the invasive species problem that transcends tenure (reserve–off reserve) boundaries. Photo courtesy of Georgeanna Story, Invasive Animals CRC. (B) Greater glider, a common species that is becoming rare. Photo courtesy of Esther Beaton. (C) Greater bilby, a species that was formerly widely distributed in Australia but is now lost from almost all of its former range. Photo courtesy of Esther Beaton. (D) A large old tree burning, an example of the loss of a key ecosystem structure on which many species are dependent. Photo courtesy of Mason Crane.
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