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The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection
- S. L. Pimm1,*,
- C. N. Jenkins2,
- R. Abell3,†,
- T. M. Brooks4,
- J. L. Gittleman5,
- L. N. Joppa6,
- P. H. Raven7,
- C. M. Roberts8,
- J. O. Sexton9
- 1Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
- 2Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Rodovia Dom Pedro I, km 47, Caixa Postal 47, Nazaré Paulista SP, 12960-000, Brazil.
- 3Post Office Box 402 Haverford, PA 19041, USA.
- 4International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, 28 Rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland.
- 5Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
- 6Microsoft Research, 21 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB, UK.
- 7Missouri Botanical Garden, Post Office Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166–0299, USA.
- 8Environment Department, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
- 9Global Land Cover Facility, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: stuartpimm{at}me.com
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Science 30 May 2014:
Vol. 344, Issue 6187, 1246752
DOI: 10.1126/science.1246752
Vol. 344, Issue 6187, 1246752
DOI: 10.1126/science.1246752
S. L. Pimm
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
C. N. Jenkins
Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Rodovia Dom Pedro I, km 47, Caixa Postal 47, Nazaré Paulista SP, 12960-000, Brazil.
R. Abell
Post Office Box 402 Haverford, PA 19041, USA.
T. M. Brooks
International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, 28 Rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland.
J. L. Gittleman
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
L. N. Joppa
Microsoft Research, 21 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB, UK.
P. H. Raven
Missouri Botanical Garden, Post Office Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166–0299, USA.
C. M. Roberts
Environment Department, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
J. O. Sexton
Global Land Cover Facility, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
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