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Endangered Species

"Endangered Species" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An animal or plant species in danger of extinction. Causes can include human activity, changing climate, or change in predator/prey ratios.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Endangered Species" by people in this website by year, and whether "Endangered Species" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 21 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2010 and 2020
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