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Daily Archives: July 12, 2012

Unknown Biodiversity: Estimates and Prospects

July 12, 2012 · by GunnarDW | in Biology, Nature, Science | tagged Biodiversity, Estimate, Number, Prospect, Species | Leave a comment

How many species are there? Tough question. Nobody really knows. A new review in Trends in Ecology & Evolution takes a look at the myriad of answers and how we can try to narrow down the options. Even if we discard the incredibly complex microbial world, estimates range roughly from 2 to 50 million. And […]

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