How many species of arthropods? Erwin's estimate revised

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 583-597

  Ødegaard, Frode ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beetles; Biodiversity; Coleoptera; Estimation; Host; Species richness; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034486759     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2000.0468     Document Type: Article

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