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Why should we study<br />

<strong>tropical</strong> <strong>ecology</strong>?<br />

Species richness on Earth (per ca. 9274 km 2 ≈ 1° ₓ 1°)<br />

Grenyer, R. et al. 2006. Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened<br />

vertebrates. Nature 444: 93-96. (pdf available for course participants at the course web page)

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