Species, extinct before we know them?
Published
Journal Article
Species are going extinct rapidly, while taxonomic catalogues are still incomplete for even the best-known taxa. Intensive fieldwork is finding species so rare and threatened that some become extinct within years of discovery. Recent bird extinctions in Brazil's coastal forests suggest that some species may have gone extinct before we knew of their existence.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lees, AC; Pimm, SL
Published Date
- March 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 25 / 5
Start / End Page
- R177 - R180
PubMed ID
- 25734261
Pubmed Central ID
- 25734261
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1879-0445
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0960-9822
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.017
Language
- eng