评“巴西亚马逊的灭绝债务和保护机会之窗”一文。

Comment on "Extinction debt and windows of conservation opportunity in the Brazilian Amazon".

机构信息

Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

出版信息

Science. 2013 Jan 18;339(6117):271. doi: 10.1126/science.1231438.

Abstract

A paper by Wearn et al. (Reports, 13 July 2012, p. 228) yields new insights on extinction debt. However, it leaves out the area dependence of the relaxation process. We show that this is not warranted on theoretical or observational grounds and that it may lead to erroneous conservation recommendations.

摘要

韦恩等人的一篇论文（《科学》，2012 年 7 月 13 日，第 228 页）对灭绝债务有了新的认识。然而，它忽略了松弛过程的面积依赖性。我们表明，这在理论或观测上都是没有根据的，并且可能导致错误的保护建议。