Extinction Most Likely For Rare Trees In Amazon Rainforest
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 08:21
in Biology & Nature
Common tree species in the Amazon will survive even grim scenarios of deforestation and road-building, but rare trees could suffer extinction rates of up to 50 percent, predict scientists in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
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