Species Coextinctions and the Biodiversity Crisis
@article{Koh2004SpeciesCA, title={Species Coextinctions and the Biodiversity Crisis}, author={L. P. Koh and R. Dunn and N. Sodhi and R. Colwell and H. C. Proctor and V. Smith}, journal={Science}, year={2004}, volume={305}, pages={1632 - 1634} }
To assess the coextinction of species (the loss of a species upon the loss of another), we present a probabilistic model, scaled with empirical data. The model examines the relationship between coextinction levels (proportion of species extinct) of affiliates and their hosts across a wide range of coevolved interspecific systems: pollinating Ficus wasps and Ficus, parasites and their hosts, butterflies and their larval host plants, and ant butterflies and their host ants. Applying a nomographic… Expand
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