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Editors-in-Chief: Professor Barry Brook and Dr John Alroy University of Tasmania and Macquarie University | Australia
Cambridge Prisms: Extinction documents species extinction, diversity loss, population processes, mass extinction and human factors, including scientific and social dimensions. It embraces both empirical and theoretical studies, linking patterns to mechanisms and using this knowledge to inform the protection of biodiversity.
Indexed in ESCI, Scopus, DOAJ, Pubmed Central and OARL.
Cambridge Prisms: Extinction documents species extinction, diversity loss, population processes, mass extinction and human factors, including scientific and social dimensions. It embraces both empirical and theoretical studies, linking patterns to mechanisms and using this knowledge to inform the protection of biodiversity.
Indexed in ESCI, Scopus, DOAJ, Pubmed Central and OARL.
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