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Peter H. Raven
Researcher at Missouri Botanical Garden
Publications - 347
Citations - 29509
Peter H. Raven is an academic researcher from Missouri Botanical Garden. The author has contributed to research in topics: Onagraceae & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 340 publications receiving 27124 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter H. Raven include Chiba University & Stanford University.
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Butterflies and plants: a study in coevolution
Paul R. Ehrlich,Peter H. Raven +1 more
TL;DR: The relationship between butterflies and their food plants is investigated, the examination of patterns of interaction between two major groups of organisms with a close and evident ecological relationship, such as plants and herbivores.
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The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection
Stuart L. Pimm,Clinton N. Jenkins,Robin Abell,Thomas M. Brooks,John L. Gittleman,Lucas Joppa,Peter H. Raven,Callum M. Roberts,Joseph O. Sexton +8 more
TL;DR: The biodiversity of eukaryote species and their extinction rates, distributions, and protection is reviewed, and what the future rates of species extinction will be, how well protected areas will slow extinction Rates, and how the remaining gaps in knowledge might be filled are reviewed.
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Biodiversity. Extinction by numbers
Stuart L. Pimm,Peter H. Raven +1 more
TL;DR: New work documents the uneven, highly clumped distribution of vulnerable species on the Earth, and pinpoints 25 so-called ‘biodiversity hotspots’, which should enable resources for conservation to be better focused.
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Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements
Peter H. Raven,Daniel I. Axelrod +1 more
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Global State of Biodiversity and Loss
Rodolfo Dirzo,Peter H. Raven +1 more
TL;DR: The dimensions and nature of the Earth's terrestrial biodiversity are examined, and the scientific facts concerning the rate of loss of biodiversity and the drivers of this loss are reviewed.