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Extinction risks vastly underestimated [1]

Threat To Some Endangered Species Is Up To A Hundred Times Greater Than Previously Thought Paris: Some endangered species may face an extinction risk that is up to a hundred times greater than previously thought, according to a study released on Wednesday. By overlooking random differences between individuals in a given population, researchers may have badly underestimated the perils confronting threatened wildlife, it said.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
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Endangered Species [3], Wildlife [4], Tiger [5], France [6]
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