6th mass extinction?

[ny_quant]

Если кто не знает о чем речь, то вот ознакомьтесь.



Однако мне сегодня попалась в руки статейка в Global Change Biology, где говорится вот что:

Comparing ~8000 years ago with the last century, we show that extirpations and range retractions have indeed reduced the functional and phylogenetic diversity of mammals in most European regions (countries and island groups), but species recoveries and the introduction of non-native species have increased functional and phylogenetic diversity by equivalent or greater amounts in many regions. Overall, across Europe, species richness increased in 41 regions over the last 8000 years and declined in 1; phylogenetic diversity increased in 33 and declined in 12, while functional diversity results showed 20 increases and 25 decreases. The balance of losses (extirpations) and gains (introductions, range expansions) has, however, led to net increases in functional diversity on many islands, where the original diversity was low, and across most of western Europe.

Не всё так сумрачно вблизи!

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Да и вообще — когда это экология находилась в покое, спрашивается.