Databases, Scaling Practices, and the Globalization of Biodiversity

Since the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992, biodiversity has become an important topic for scientific research. Much of this research is focused on measuring and mapping the current state of biodiversity, in terms of which species are present at which places and in which abundance, and mak...

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Main Authors: Esther Turnhout, Susan Boonman-Berson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2011-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art35/