A bird's-eye view of avian extinctions

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Melissa E Kemp. Science. 2024.

. 2024 Oct 4;386(6717):23-24.

doi: 10.1126/science.ads5639. Epub 2024 Oct 3.

¹ Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.

Abstract

Conservation should consider species' functional and phylogenetic traits.

The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions.
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