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Some perspective on peak abundance of Passenger Pigeon

Posted on 13 November 2017 by Tim O'Connell

You’ve heard the story before, and it’s sobering: Once perhaps the most abundant vertebrate on the planet, a combination of unremitting exploitation and habitat loss reduced the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) from billions to none in a few short decades … Continue reading →

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