Extinction Notes Directory

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Notes 1: Introduction - two different perspectives

Notes 2: How many species are there?

Notes 3: Some definitions.

Notes 4:  A Brief Look at Population Biology

Notes 5: Metapopulation Ecology and Extinction

Notes 6: Problems with Small Populations

Notes 7: Area Effects and Habitat Fragmentation

Notes 8: Species Invasions and Competition

Notes 9: Acid Rain Effects

Notes 10: Global Warming

Notes 11: Plate Tectonics and Sea-Level Change

Notes 12: Volcanism

Notes 13: Bolide Impacts

Notes 14: The K/T Extinction - a Summary

Notes 15: The Permo-Triassic Event