Inordinate fondness multiplied and redistributed: The number of species on earth and the new pie of life

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 229-265

  Larsen, Brendan B ^a   Miller, Elizabeth C ^a   Rhodes, Matthew K ^a   Wiens, John J ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Cryptic species; Parasites; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029590255     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/693564     Document Type: Article

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