Stability of surviving communities increases following mass extinction
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2015 - By using fossil data, researchers have found that the structure of ecological communities leading up to the Permian-Triassic Extinction, one of the largest drivers of biodiversity loss in history, is a key predictor of the ecological communities that would demonstrate stability through the event. As we are confronted with the reality of modern day mass extinction, identifying factors that ... more

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