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Can you use species area curve to estimate extinction?

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Answer:No

Explanation:To put the issue finally to rest, ecologists need to develop a general theory for estimating species extinction from species–area relationships. ... Second, while “extinction debt” is a valid and important concept in conservation biology, the backward SAR method is not the correct model for measuring the debt.

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