Regional patterns of diversity and estim
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Kevin J. Gaston; Elodie Hudson
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Article
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1994
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Springer
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English
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The total number of insect species in the world is an important if elusive figure. We use a fresh approach to estimate global insect species richness, based on biogeographic patterns of diversity of well or better documented taxa. Estimates generated by various calculations, all variations on a them