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28/01/2022 7:17 pm
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How do scientists extrapolate the total number of species on Earth?
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28/01/2022 7:17 pm
Scientists make a statistical comparison of the temperate-tropical species richness of an exhaustively studied group of insects and extrapolate this ratio to other groups of animals and plants to come up with a gross estimate of the total number of species on earth.