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So-called background extinction rate is a sampling artifact
✍ Scribed by A.J. Boucot
- Book ID
- 104076774
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1871-174X
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✦ Synopsis
Critical examination of the assumptions underlying the concept of so-called background extinction rate indicates that it largely represents a sampling artifact. It is based on the extensive use of the very short published time ranges of the many uncommon to rare genera and their few described species that are overall poorly sampled. Consideration of the concept of community evolution resolves this sampling problem.