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Plate 1.5 (Fig. 1.5 on
page 8) Extinctions in
Singapore since the
early 1800s - green and
blue bars represent
recorded and inferred
extinctions, respec-
tively. (After Sodhi
et al., 2004.)
Extinctions in Singapore
Mammals
Singapore in 1819
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Singapore in 1990
Butterfiles
Phasmids
Primary rainforest
Decapod crustaceans
Freshwater swamp forest
Mangrove
Secondary forest
Urban and cultivated area
Plants
100
90
80
70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of species extinct
Plate 10.6 (Fig. 10.6 on
page 269) Predicted
population growth rate
(
) of wood thrush
populations in relation
to forest cover (colored
cells) in the eastern
USA. The extent of
their breeding range is
shown by dotted lines.
Blue areas depict source
populations that are
currently safe (
λ
Limits of breeding range
100th Meridian
State borders
Lambda
1.0),
while pink areas show
sink populations likely
to go extinct (
λ
>
0.9
0.9 - 1
1 - 1.1
1.1
Non-forest habitat
1.0).
Safe populations are
generally those in larger
forest fragments and/or
in landscapes contain-
ing only a small
proportion of nonforest
habitat. (After Lloyd
et al., 2005.)
λ
<
Wood Thrush
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