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Mapping the biosphere: Exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity

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Wheeler, Q. D., Knapp, S., Stevenson, D. W., Stevenson, J., Blum, S. D., Boom, B. M., Borisy, G. G., Buizer, J. L., De Carvalho, M. R., Cibrian, A., Donoghue, M. J., Doyle, V., Gerson, E. M., Graham, C. H., Graves, P., Graves, S. J., Guralnick, R. P., Hamilton, A. L., Hanken, J., Law, W., Lipscomb, D. L., Lovejoy, T. E., Miller, H., Miller, J. S., Naeem, S., Novacek, M. J., Page, L. M., Platnick, N. I., Porter-Morgan, H., Raven, P. H., Solis, M. A., Valdecasas, A. G., Van Der Leeuw, S., Vasco, A., Vermeulen, N., Vogel, J., Walls, R. L., Wilson, E. O., Woolley, J. B. (2012): Mapping the biosphere: Exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity. Systematics and Biodiversity 10 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.665095, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d0e710f2-31f8-3b8e-b1e2-2fddc4890601/

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