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impacts on herpetofauna. His 2015 paper argued that species losses of vertebrate animals since 1980 have been faster that the
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McCallum, M.L. and J.L. McCallum. (2014). Ecological
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McCallum, M.L., and G.W. Bury. (2013). Google search patterns suggest declining interest in conservation and environment. Biodiversity and
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McCallum, Malcolm L. (2019-07-01). "Perspective: Global country-by-country response of public interest in the environment to the papal encyclical, Laudato Si′".
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McCallum, M.L. and G.W. Bury (2014). Public interest in the environment is falling: A Response to
Ficetola (2013). Biodiversity and Conservation 23:1057-1362.
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Rhett A. Butler (June 21, 2015). Study confirms what scientists have been saying for decades: the sixth mass extinction is real and caused by us.
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