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The 11 pages that link to Extinction vortex, each with the reason it gives.

• Extinction debtRelated: Demographic and genetic feedbacks can turn delayed vulnerability into accelerating population collapse.

• Population bottleneckRelated: A bottleneck can initiate the feedback between low numbers, inbreeding, and reduced fitness.

• OverexploitationRelated: Continued extraction can trigger feedbacks that accelerate collapse.

• Island ecologyRelated: Small, isolated populations can lose genetic diversity and become increasingly vulnerable.

• Apex predatorRelated: Loss of apex predators can follow and intensify pressures such as habitat loss and persecution.

• Holocene extinctionRelated: As populations shrink, reinforcing risks can make recovery increasingly unlikely.

• Species extinctionRelated: Small populations can enter this feedback loop as extinction risk rises.

• Muller’s ratchetRelated: Mutation-driven fitness loss can intensify demographic decline in vulnerable populations.

• Sumatran rhinocerosRelated: Low numbers can intensify reproductive failure, making recovery harder.