'EXTINCTION RATES is a breath of fresh air ... EXTINCTION RATES is a gold-mine of hard data and solid science which should be read by all with a serious interest in biodiversity -- past, present, and future.'David M. Raup, University of Chicago, Science

• Preface ; 1. Assessing extinction rates ; 2. Extinctions in the fossil record ; 3. Constancy and change of life in the sea ; 4. Insect faunas in ice age environments: why so little extinction? ; 5. Bird extinctions in the Central Pacific ; 6. Extinctions in Mediterranean areas ; 7. Recent past and future extinctions in birds ; 8. Rates and patterns of extinction among British invertebrates ; 9. Assessing the risk of plant extinction due to pollinator and disperser failure ; 10. Population dynamic principles ; 11. Estimating extinction from molecular phylogenies ; 12. Biological models for monitoring species decline: the construction and use of databases ; 13. Classification of species and its role in conservation planning ; 14. The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss ; Author index ; Subject index

'EXTINCTION RATES is a breath of fresh air ... EXTINCTION RATES is a gold-mine of hard data and solid science which should be read by all with a serious interest in biodiversity -- past, present, and future.'David M. Raup, University of Chicago, Science

• Preface ; 1. Assessing extinction rates ; 2. Extinctions in the fossil record ; 3. Constancy and change of life in the sea ; 4. Insect faunas in ice age environments: why so little extinction? ; 5. Bird extinctions in the Central Pacific ; 6. Extinctions in Mediterranean areas ; 7. Recent past and future extinctions in birds ; 8. Rates and patterns of extinction among British invertebrates ; 9. Assessing the risk of plant extinction due to pollinator and disperser failure ; 10. Population dynamic principles ; 11. Estimating extinction from molecular phylogenies ; 12. Biological models for monitoring species decline: the construction and use of databases ; 13. Classification of species and its role in conservation planning ; 14. The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss ; Author index ; Subject index

'EXTINCTION RATES is a breath of fresh air ... EXTINCTION RATES is a gold-mine of hard data and solid science which should be read by all with a serious interest in biodiversity -- past, present, and future.'David M. Raup, University of Chicago, Science

• Preface ; 1. Assessing extinction rates ; 2. Extinctions in the fossil record ; 3. Constancy and change of life in the sea ; 4. Insect faunas in ice age environments: why so little extinction? ; 5. Bird extinctions in the Central Pacific ; 6. Extinctions in Mediterranean areas ; 7. Recent past and future extinctions in birds ; 8. Rates and patterns of extinction among British invertebrates ; 9. Assessing the risk of plant extinction due to pollinator and disperser failure ; 10. Population dynamic principles ; 11. Estimating extinction from molecular phylogenies ; 12. Biological models for monitoring species decline: the construction and use of databases ; 13. Classification of species and its role in conservation planning ; 14. The scale of the human enterprise and biodiversity loss ; Author index ; Subject index