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Wildlife study warns of looming insect extinction
Ecologist Jeremy A Thomas of the National Environment Research Council in Dorchester reports in Science that a 58 species butterfly survey shows a 71 percent decline since 1970 82. Another 54 percent drop in bird numbers from 1968 71 to 1988 91 and a 28 percent fall in 1254 native plant species over 40 years support the idea that Britain is nearing a sixth major extinction event.
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Jeremy A. Thomas
National Environment Research Council
Dorchester
England
Science
Thomas
Britain
Scott Miller
Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History