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DOI	10.1111/ele.12589
	The fossil record of the sixth extinction
	Plotnick R.E.; Smith F.A.; Lyons S.K.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	1461-023X
EISSN	1461-0248
卷号	19 期号:5
英文摘要	Comparing the magnitude of the current biodiversity crisis with those in the fossil record is difficult without an understanding of differential preservation. Integrating data from palaeontological databases with information on IUCN status, ecology and life history characteristics of contemporary mammals, we demonstrate that only a small and biased fraction of threatened species (< 9%) have a fossil record, compared with 20% of non-threatened species. We find strong taphonomic biases related to body size and geographic range. Modern species with a fossil record tend to be large and widespread and were described in the 19th century. The expected magnitude of the current extinction based only on species with a fossil record is about half of that of one based on all modern species; values for genera are similar. The record of ancient extinctions may be similarly biased, with many species having originated and gone extinct without leaving a tangible record. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS.
英文关键词	Body size; Extinction; Fossils; Mammals; Range; Taphonomy
学科领域	Mammalia; animal; animal behavior; body size; fossil; species extinction; statistical analysis; statistical bias; Animals; Bias (Epidemiology); Body Size; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Extinction, Biological; Fossils; Homing Behavior
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Mammalia; animal; animal behavior; body size; fossil; species extinction; statistical analysis; statistical bias; Animals; Bias (Epidemiology); Body Size; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Extinction, Biological; Fossils; Homing Behavior
来源期刊	Ecology Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/118557
作者单位	Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 6060, United States; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States; Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, NHB, MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Plotnick R.E.,Smith F.A.,Lyons S.K.. The fossil record of the sixth extinction[J],2016,19(5).
APA	Plotnick R.E.,Smith F.A.,&Lyons S.K..(2016).The fossil record of the sixth extinction.Ecology Letters,19(5).
MLA	Plotnick R.E.,et al."The fossil record of the sixth extinction".Ecology Letters 19.5(2016).