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cryptodiversity [1 record]

Record 1 1995-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Plant Biology
CONT

... the earth is losing not only the biodiversity of the forest; it is also losing what I call its crypto-diversity, the hidden chemical wealth of the plants. A few Western botanists have a "taxonomic eye," the gift of recognizing significant morphological variation in a plant.

Key term(s)
  • cryptodiversity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

Sur le modèle de «biodiversité».

Spanish

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