The current assessment of extinction risk in reef corals by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been criticized, because coral life-history traits associated with resilience are not reflected in the conservation status. We aimed to carry out a quantitative assessment of the link between reef coral traits and species extinction risk informed by extinctions of reef corals observed in the fossil record.

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珊瑚礁的形态特征可预测灭绝风险，但不能预测保护状况

目前国际自然保护联盟 (IUCN) 对珊瑚礁灭绝风险的评估受到批评，因为与恢复力相关的珊瑚生活史特征并未反映在保护状况中。我们旨在对珊瑚礁特征与化石记录中观察到的珊瑚礁灭绝所告知的物种灭绝风险之间的联系进行定量评估。