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Biodiversity: measurement and estimation. Preface
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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 equal weight? Should biodiversity measures include infraspecific genetic variance? Do some species contribute more than others to the biodiversity of an area? Are there useful indicators of areas where biodiversity is high? And can the extent of biodiversity in taxonomic groups be estimated by extrapolation? In addition, the modern concept of biological diversity is attributed to Elliot R. Norse and his colleagues.
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- Authors
- Harper, J. L., & Hawksworth, D. L.
- Venue
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 1994-07-29
- Volume
- 345
- Issue
- 1311
- Pages
- 5-12
- ISSN
- 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2970
- OpenAlex
- W2467209196
- Cited by
- 415
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 14.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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