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Size-selective Extinction

Size-Selective Extinction is a macroevolutionary phenomenon in which extinction risk is differentially distributed across species based on body size, leading to the non-random loss of lineages with specific size-related traits.

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37

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2017–2026

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Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species

Marcel Cardillo, Georgina M. Mace, Kate E. Jones et al. · Science · 2005 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Cope's Rule, Hypercarnivory, and Extinction in North American Canids

Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Xiaoming Wang, John Damuth · Science · 2004 · 335 citations

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Determinants of loss of mammal species during the Late Quaternary ‘megafauna’ extinctions: life history and ecology, but not body size

Christopher N. Johnson · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2002 · 304 citations · Full text

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Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents

S. Kathleen Lyons, Felisa A. Smith, James H. Brown · 2004 · 276 citations

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The Forgotten Megafauna

Dennis M. Hansen, Mauro Galetti · Science · 2009 · 207 citations

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Authors

62

  1. JL
    Jonathan L. Payne

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 285 citations

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  2. FA
    Felisa A. Smith

    University of New Mexico, United States

    2 publications · 307 citations

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  3. PA
    Pablo A. Marquet

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  4. CN
    Christopher N. Johnson

    University of Tasmania, Australia

    2 publications · 385 citations

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  5. SK
    S. Kathleen Lyons

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    2 publications · 289 citations

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Institutions

37

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    548 citations

  2. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    466 citations

  3. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    1K citations

  5. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  7. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  8. University of Messina

    Messina, Italy

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

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Venues

  1. Paleobiology

    5 publications · 347 citations

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  2. Science

    3 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 2 publications · 89 citations

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  4. Population Ecology

    2 publications · 79 citations

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  5. Animal Conservation

    1 publications · 81 citations

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