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The objective of this section is to explore how far global biodiversity may have been accounted for by taxonomic description, emphasising diversity at the species level. This is done with reference to the total number of species currently recognised (itself very imprecisely known) and the degree to which we can estimate the completeness of taxonomic knowledge.
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Hammond, P. (1992). Species Inventory. In: Groombridge, B. (eds) Global Biodiversity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2282-5_4
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