posted on 2023-05-22, 00:27authored byBrooks, TM, Barry BrookBarry Brook, Koh, LP, Pereira, HM, Pimm, SL, Rosenzweig, ML, Sodhi, NS
We question Fangliang He and Stephen Hubbell’s claim that species–area relationships overestimate global extinction. (Nature 473, 368–371; 2011). We contend that they do not test their claims against real data on global extinction or threat. We also believe that they address only a small part of the problem.