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Cooke, RobUK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Maclean Bldg, Wallingford OX10 8BB, England.;Univ Gothenburg, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, Box 463, SE-41390 Gothenburg, Sweden.;Gothenburg Global Biodivers Ctr, Box 461, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves
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Springer Nature,2023
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43445-2DOI
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https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/332747URI
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Birds are among the best-studied animal groups, but their prehistoric diversity is poorly known due to low fossilization potential. Hence, while many human-driven bird extinctions (i.e., extinctions caused directly by human activities such as hunting, as well as indirectly through human-associated impacts such as land use change, fire, and the introduction of invasive species) have been recorded, the true number is likely much larger. Here, by combining recorded extinctions with model estimates based on the completeness of the fossil record, we suggest that at least ~1300–1500 bird species (~12% of the total) have gone extinct since the Late Pleistocene, with 55% of these extinctions undiscovered (not yet discovered or left no trace). We estimate that the Pacific accounts for 61% of total bird extinctions. Bird extinction rate varied through time with an intense episode ~1300 CE, which likely represents the largest human-driven vertebrate extinction wave ever, and a rate 80 (60–95) times the background extinction rate. Thus, humans have already driven more than one in nine bird species to extinction, with likely severe, and potentially irreversible, ecological and evolutionary consequences.
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Sayol, FerranGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences(Swepub:gu)xsayfe
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Andermann, TobiasUppsala universitet,Systematisk biologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab(Swepub:uu)toban562
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Blackburn, Tim M.UCL, Ctr Biodivers & Environm Res, Dept Genet Evolut & Environm, London WC1E 6BT, England.;Zool Soc London, Inst Zool, London NW1 4RY, England.
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Steinbauer, Manuel J.Univ Bayreuth, Bayreuth Ctr Ecol & Environm Res BayCEER, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany.;Univ Bayreuth, Bayreuth Ctr Sport Sci BaySpo, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany.
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Antonelli, Alexandre,1978Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences(Swepub:gu)xantal
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Faurby, Sören,1981Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences(Swepub:gu)xfauso
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Cooke, Robert S.,1992Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences(Swepub:gu)xcorob
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UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Maclean Bldg, Wallingford OX10 8BB, England.;Univ Gothenburg, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, Box 463, SE-41390 Gothenburg, Sweden.;Gothenburg Global Biodivers Ctr, Box 461, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap
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