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Extinction Debt

Extinction Debt is a theoretical construct in conservation biology that denotes the delayed loss of species following habitat disturbance, representing the difference between current species richness and the equilibrium richness expected under altered environmental conditions, particularly in fragmented or insular ecosystems.

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Habitat destruction and the extinction debt

David Tilman, Robert M. May, Clarence Lehman et al. · Nature · 1994 · 2.8K citations

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Extinction debt of high-mountain plants under twenty-first-century climate change

Stefan Dullinger, Andreas Gattringer, Wilfried Thuiller et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2012 · 818 citations

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Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

Riccardo Bommarco, Moisès Guardiola, Risto K. Heikkinen et al. · Ecology Letters · 2010 · 814 citations · Full text

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Species invasions and extinction: The future of native biodiversity on islands

Dov F. Sax, Steven D. Gaines · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 745 citations · Full text

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Extinction Debt at Extinction Threshold

Ilkka Hanski, Otso Ovaskainen · Conservation Biology · 2002 · 642 citations

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Authors

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  1. MP
    Meelis Pärtel

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. AH
    Aveliina Helm

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. JM
    John M. Halley

    University of Ioannina, Greece

    5 publications · 281 citations

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  4. MH
    Martin Hermy

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    4 publications · 797 citations

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  5. JP
    Joan Pino

    Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications, Spain

    4 publications · 879 citations

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Institutions

278

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of Tartu

    Tartu, Estonia

    7 h-index

    27 publications

    5.6K citations

  4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    5K citations

  8. University of Ioannina

    Ioannina, Greece

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    561 citations

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  1. Biological Conservation

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Diversity and Distributions

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 6 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Conservation Biology

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Ecography

    5 publications · 677 citations

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