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Refuting the hypothesis of Centinelan extinction at its place of origin - Nature Plants

Oct 15, 2024 | nature.com | Dawson White |Gonzalo Rivas-Torres |Riley Fortier |Gladys Benavides

AbstractScientists’ limited understanding of tropical plant communities obscures the true extent of species loss caused by habitat destruction1. The Centinelan extinction hypothesis2,3 posits an extreme but widely referenced scenario wherein forest clearing causes the immediate extinction of species known only from a single geographic location.

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