The biodiversity revolution

"Just going for species numbers basically doesn't allow us to harness all this incredibly rich information we have of how the real world operates" says Sandra Díaz, an ecologist with Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and the University of Có...

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Published in:	Nature (London) 2017-06, Vol.546 (7656), p.22
Main Author:	Cernansky, Rachel
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Subjects:	Biodiversity Consortia Ecologists Ecology Ecosystems Food chains Food webs Forests Land use Microcosms Microorganisms Nitrogen fixation Nitrogenation Photosynthesis Soil microorganisms Soils Spatial data Species diversity Sustainability
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