Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2015-12-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV-ECOLSYS-112414-054400
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