What is it about?

This chapter of "The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras: Significance for Conservation" describes the several reasons why quaggas were hunted to extinction.

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Why is it important?

This example can serve as a case study of extinction and is useful for comparison with other organisms.

Perspectives

Writing this chapter emphasized how easily other organisms could be lost to extinction.

Professor of Biology Peter Heywood
Brown University

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This page is a summary of: Extinction, May 2022, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/9781108917735.007.
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