The scale of life and its lessons for humanity
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Summary
The most comprehensive quantification to date of the biomass of life on Earth, broken down by major taxonomic groups, ecological strategies, and environments is offered, shedding fascinating light on how biomass is distributed.
- Type
- letter
- Published
- 2018-05-23
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 20
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W2804919350
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:44131601
Keywords
Humanity, Scale (ratio), Data science, Environmental ethics, Computational biology
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