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Planetary boundaries: Rethinking biodiversity

Nature Climate Change volume 1, pages 118–119 (2009)Cite this article

A boundary that expresses the probability of families of species disappearing over time would better reflect our potential impacts on the future of life on Earth.

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  1. Cristián Samper is the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC,

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Samper, C. Planetary boundaries: Rethinking biodiversity. Nature Clim Change 1, 118–119 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/climate.2009.99

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