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Who is Ian Franklin from The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions and what is their importance?
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This is a researcher who proposed the "50/500" rule that stated that a species needs at least 50 productive individuals to avoid dangerous inbreeding and 500 individuals to avoid extinction.