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Defining “Biodiversity”; Assessing Biodiversity

The Monist 85 (1):131-155 (2001) Copy BIBT_EX

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This paper analyzes the concept of biodiversity in conservation biology and assesses potential methods for its measurement.

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Biodiversity in Philosophy of Biology

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Analytic Philosophy Contemporary Philosophy General Interest Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Science

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2002

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00269662

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10.5840/monist20028515

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A Mathematical Theory of Communication.Claude Elwood Shannon - 1948 - Bell System Technical Journal 27 (April 1924):379–423.

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