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Science 27 February 1998:
Vol. 279. no. 5355, pp. 1324 - 1325
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5355.1324
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EVOLUTION:
Enhanced: After the End: Recovery from Extinction

Douglas H. Erwin

Mass extinctions of many plants and animals were a regular part of prehistory. How the ecosystems of Earth recovered from these disasters is just beginning to be understood (see report on p. 1327 by Jablonski et al.), but may teach valuable lessons for the preservation of our present biodiversity, as Erwin explains in a commentary in this issue.

The author is in the Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA. E-mail: Erwin.Doug{at}nmnh.si.edu

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