Chapter 8 Chapter Outlines

Extinction

Global Patterns of Endangerment 

  • The IUCN Red List 
  • Box 8.1 Conservation in Practice: The IUCN Red List 
  • Estimates of global extinction 
  • Box 8.2 Challenges & Opportunities: Are We Entering the Sixth Mass Extinction? 

Drivers of Extinction 

  • Habitat loss 
  • Overexploitation 
  • Invasive alien species 
  • Climate change 
  • Most threatening factors 

Local Changes in Biodiversity 

  • Species-area relationships 
  • Empirical measures 
  • Better monitoring and assessment programs 
  • Box 8.3 Success Stories: Citizen Science and Biodiversity Monitoring 

Controls of Extinction Risk 

  • Demographic parameters 
  • Box 8.4 Case in Point: Why Are Frogs and Toads Croaking? 
  • Ecological controls 
  • Life-history traits 
  • Stochastic processes 
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