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Biodiversity: measurement and estimation.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Jul 1994

Harper J L, Hawksworth D L

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In introducing a series of 11 papers on the measurement and estimation of biodiversity, eight crucial questions are posed: What is 'biodiversity'? Is biodiversity just the number of species in an area? If biodiversity is more than the number of species how can it be measured? Are all species of e...

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Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources
Genetic Variation
Geography

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PMID: 7972355
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1994.0081

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