Marine fossils show location as important as area for biodiversity
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 09:01
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Science has charted a close relationship between the number of species in a given region and the area of the region. This relationship has been documented for many present-day environments, where it can be used to estimate the number of species that will be lost if an area of a given size is eradicated through human actions.