The Fate of the World's Plants.
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Pimm, SL; Raven, PH
Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution
May 2017
A recent report assessing the world's plant species finds continuing progress in completing the taxonomic catalog. However, many undescribed species remain. The report concludes that, presently, 21% of known species risk extinction. We show this statement applies to the short-term and ignores the as-yet undescribed species, which are also likely at risk of extinction. Human actions will extirpate many more by the end of this century.
Duke Scholars
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Trends in ecology & evolution
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EISSN
1872-8383
ISSN
0169-5347
Publication Date
May 2017
Volume
32
Issue
5
Start / End Page
317 / 320
Related Subject Headings
- Plants
- Humans
- Human Activities
- Extinction, Biological
- Evolutionary Biology
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Biodiversity
- 41 Environmental sciences
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
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Pimm, S. L., & Raven, P. H. (2017). The Fate of the World's Plants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(5), 317–320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.02.014
Pimm, Stuart L., and Peter H. Raven. “The Fate of the World's Plants.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32, no. 5 (May 2017): 317–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.02.014.
Pimm SL, Raven PH. The Fate of the World's Plants. Trends in ecology & evolution. 2017 May;32(5):317–20.
Pimm, Stuart L., and Peter H. Raven. “The Fate of the World's Plants.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 32, no. 5, May 2017, pp. 317–20. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.02.014.
Pimm SL, Raven PH. The Fate of the World's Plants. Trends in ecology & evolution. 2017 May;32(5):317–320.
Published In
Trends in ecology & evolution
DOI
EISSN
1872-8383
ISSN
0169-5347
Publication Date
May 2017
Volume
32
Issue
5
Start / End Page
317 / 320
Related Subject Headings
- Plants
- Humans
- Human Activities
- Extinction, Biological
- Evolutionary Biology
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Biodiversity
- 41 Environmental sciences
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences