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UNDESCRIBED SPECIES [1 record]

Record 1 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Its purpose is fourfold: first, to report the total numbers of species described in all major taxonomic groups in the country; second, to estimate gaps in our knowledge from the numbers of undescribed or as yet unrecorded species in each of the groups; third, to record the principal environment(s) in which each group is found; and fourth, to briefly indicate the principal ecological functions performed by these groups.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Pour chacun des principaux groupes taxinomiques représentés, l'annexe donne : (1) le nombre total d'espèces décrites; (2) une estimation des lacunes qui existent dans nos connaissances, à partir du nombre d' espèces non décrites ou non encore signalées; (3) le ou les milieux principaux où vivent les espèces; (4) un bref aperçu des fonctions écologiques accomplies par les espèces.

Spanish

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