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Amazing World of Birds: Extinction in Birds
Notes on recently extinct birds including the dodos, Hawaiian Drepanididae, Passenger Pigeon, Great Auk, and others.
www.earthlife.net/birds/extinction.html
Earth Witness Community
Celebrates the existence of and bears witness to species and natural places on the Earth that no longer exist in their natural state.
www.earthwitness.com
Hawaii's Extinct Species
Lists many of the birds, snails, insects, and plants to have met their demise though human intervention and pervasive alien introductions.
hbs.bishopmuseum.org/endangered/extinct.html
Historical-Era Extinctions
Looks at how escalating human populations and their capacity to modify their surroundings are a significant influence on modern rates of extinction and endangerment.
www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/Geog358/endangr/HistExti.htm
Potential Consequence of Plant Extinction in the United States on the Current and Future Availability of Prescription Drugs
Paper attempting to answer the question: What is the dollar value that can be placed on a single plant species now growing in the United States, should it become extinct?
www.ciesin.org/docs/002-267/002-267.html

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