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According to Mother Nature Network, Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

根據Mother Nature Network網站，倫敦基尤皇家植物園

and Stockholm University recently found that at least 571 plant species have gone extinct since 1750.

以及斯德哥爾摩大學的研究人員近期發現自1750年以來至少有571種植物種類已經滅絕。

The figure was calculated when study co-author Kew scientist Rafael Govaerts

研究合著者皇家植物園科學家Rafael Govaerts

reviewed all publications on plant extinctions over more than 30 years

回顧了30多年來有關植物滅絕的所有出版物後計算出該數字

and found the number to be four times more than the current listing of extinct plants.

並發現該數字是目前已滅絕植物名單的四倍。

It's also twice the number of all bird, mammal and amphibian extinctions combined.

也是所有鳥類、哺乳動物以及兩棲類動物滅絕總數的兩倍。

Researchers say the data suggests plant extinction is happening about 500 times faster than what would be expected without human intervention.

研究人員表示該數據表明植物滅絕的速度比沒有人類干預的情況下預計的要快約500倍左右。

Their findings were published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.

他們的發現發表於《Nature Ecology and Evolution》雜誌。