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Historical wildlife trends reliable for predicting species at risk
2017-08-02 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Some of the methods used to predict at risk species are trend-based - an indicator of what happens gradually over time - while others are trait based, which uses signs of climate change in the current environment. Mix these methods together, however, and you get an unreliable set of results, scientist have found. The researchers are calling for guidelines produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, the world's main authority on …
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