title: Extinction rates. Modern extinctions in the kilo-death range.
abstract: For some groups of species, extinction rates are orders of magnitude higher than expected background rates--many species now last nearer a fateful second than their destined hour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-0810.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nott
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pimm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D010944:Plants