New concept needed for a better understanding of biodiversity in time, space
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
By now, biodiversity is a well known term even in the broader public, as it is used in many media reports about species extinction, natural resources or climate change. Yet research in this field is still lacking an integrative approach. Paleontologists and biologists, for example, still cut their own path, their studies in species diversity and species extinction are rarely combined.