Field of Bullets

The Field of Bullets hypothesis describes a model in which extinction is non-selective and occurs randomly.^[1] The metaphor of the field of bullets suggest that species are simply out in a field and "bullets" are hitting them at random, thus their extinction is due only to stochastic effects. The field of bullets operates without relation to the organisms' adaptability, or fitness of specific animals. Under this hypothesis all species are subjugated to the same probability of extinction no matter where they originate in their taxonomy, and irrespective of traits that typically buffer against extinction.

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Extinction
List of recently extinct species
Phenomena	Background extinction rate Coextinction De-extinction Ecological extinction Extinct in the wild Functional extinction Genetic pollution Lazarus taxon Local extinction Pseudoextinction
Models	Extinction vortex
Causes	Genetic erosion Habitat destruction Human overpopulation Muller's ratchet Mutational meltdown Overexploitation
Theories and concepts	Extinction debt Extinction risk from global warming Extinction threshold Field of Bullets Hypothetical species Latent extinction risk
Extinction events	Timeline of extinctions Ordovician–Silurian Late Devonian Permian–Triassic Triassic–Jurassic Cretaceous–Paleogene Quaternary Holocene
Extinct species	Lists of extinct species Lists of extinct animals List of extinct plants IUCN Red List extinct species
Organizations	International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Species Survival Commission Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
See also	Decline in amphibian populations Human extinction
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