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How many species are there on Earth?

R M May.   

Abstract

This article surveys current answers to the factual question posed in the title and reviews the kinds of information that are needed to make these answers more precise. Various factors affecting diversity are also reviewed. These include the structure of food webs, the relative abundance of species, the number of species and of individuals in different categories of body size, along with other determinants of the commonness and rarity of organisms.

Year:  1988        PMID： 17790039     DOI： 10.1126/science.241.4872.1441

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN： 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


  137 in total

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Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  1998-02-28       Impact factor: 6.237

6.  Use of 16S ribosomal DNA for delineation of marine bacterioplankton species.

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7.  Glycobiology in the 21st century: coming developments in glycobiology.

Authors:  Yoshitaka Nagai
Journal:  Glycoconj J       Date:  2002-03       Impact factor: 2.916

8.  DNA taxonomy of a neglected animal phylum: an unexpected diversity of tardigrades.

Authors:  Mark Blaxter; Ben Elsworth; Jennifer Daub
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2004-05-07       Impact factor: 5.349

Review 9.  Prokaryote diversity and taxonomy: current status and future challenges.

Authors:  Aharon Oren
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2004-04-29       Impact factor: 6.237

10.  Automated species identification: why not?

Authors:  Kevin J Gaston; Mark A O'Neill
Journal:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci       Date:  2004-04-29       Impact factor: 6.237
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