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Thirty million arthropod species – too many or too few?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Joachim Adis
Joachim Adis
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology, Tropical Ecology Working Group, Postfach 165, D-2320 Plön, Federal Republic of Germany, in cooperation with National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), Caixa Postal 478, 69.011 Manaus/AM, Brazil
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arthropodsBrazilinsect diversityNeomachilellus scandenstaxonomy
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 115 - 118
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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