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2006, 16:07 GMT Who lives, who dies in the jungle By Richard
Black Environment Correspondent, BBC News website, Darwin
Eidothea hardeniana, BBC Eidothea hardeniana is very active and
genetically diverse The woolly mammoth and the dodo have gone;
the dinosaur kingdom lies withered in its fossil graveyard.  The
gorilla and the bonobo dwindle, along with countless fish and
rainforest beetles as yet un-numbered.  Golden eagles and
rhinos, meanwhile, gambol in their newly found multitudes.  What
is it, then, that decides who lives and who dies - which species
teeter and fall after the dodo, and which, like the eagle,
regain their numbers and soar again?  It is a key question for
conservationists, desperate to deploy scarce resources to best
effect as the human race's expansion funnels so many plants and
animals towards the vortex of extinction.  So you would think
there would be a definitive