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The three phases of mass extinction that follow a severe reduction in area. Endemic extinctions occur because species lose all their habitat. Sink species disappear because all their source populations lose their habitats. Accidental extinctions remove species that suffer a run of bad luck despite being able to sustain their populations during an average generation.
