extinction event

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extinction
noun[U]
uk
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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This is supposed to be the cause of a major massextinctionevent.
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Elevated temperatures act as an indicator to suggest that these species were disconnected from the biogeographicalextinctioneventof the archipelago.
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After a majorextinctionevent, usually only weedy species survive due to their ability to live in diverse habitats.
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Nor did he ever make any reference to divine creation as the mechanism by which repopulation occurred following theextinctionevent.
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This time corresponds approximately to a minorextinctioneventwhen around 40% of species disappeared.
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This may have cooled the climate and led to a massiveextinctionevent.
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The evolutionary precursors to mammals dominated the country until a massextinctioneventended their reign.
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As with all species consisting of a single population in one location, a localextinctioneventwill lead to species extinction.
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Omnivores, insectivores and carrion-eaters survived theextinctionevent, due to the increased availability of their food sources.
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Most scientists believe that this climatic oscillation caused the majorextinctioneventthat took place during this time.
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One cause of theextinctioneventis speculated to be extended volcanic activity.
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It is now known that theextinctioneventoccurred specifically between 1942 and 1945.
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The dire wolf shared its habitat with the gray wolf but became extinct in a large-scaleextinctioneventthat occurred around 11,500 years ago.
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Some birds survived theextinctioneventthat occurred 66 million years ago, and their descendants continue the dinosaur lineage to the present day.
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The end of the period was eventually set at a fairly definite faunal change now identified as anextinctionevent.
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Generally, biodiversity recovers 5 to 10 million years after theextinctionevent.
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However, the cycad fossil record is generally poor and little can be deduced about the effects of each massextinctioneventon their diversity.
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The book explains how the release of methane hydrate and the release of methane from melting permafrost could unleash a majorextinctionevent.
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Omnivores, insectivores and carrion-eaters survived theextinctionevent, perhaps because of the increased availability of their food sources.
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More recent research, however, suggests that one or more non-neornithine birds may have survived theextinctionevent.
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