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Problem 5
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Section 47.2: Review Questions
Chapter 47: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
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Background and context
The number of species that become extinct over time is referred to as the extinction rate, which is commonly expressed as extinctions per million species–years (E/MSY) to make numbers manageable. The fact that most extinctions occur without being observed makes estimating extinction rates difficult.
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