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Global insect diversity revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Ian D. Hodkinson
Ian D. Hodkinson*
Affiliation:
School of Biological and Earth Sciences, Liverpool Polytechnic, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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Keywords

insectarthropoddiversityspecies numbers
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 1992 , pp. 505 - 508
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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