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Regional patterns of diversity and estimates of global insect species richness

✍ Scribed by Kevin J. Gaston; Elodie Hudson


Publisher
Springer
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
435 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
0960-3115

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✦ Synopsis


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 theme, largely serve to substantiate suggestions that insect species are likely to number around 10 million or less.


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