Scientists are continually discovering and documenting newspecies, although the rate of discovery of new species varies bygroup. In general, how would the discovery and documentation ofspecies new to science change your estimates of the numbers ofspecies that are potentially threatened? Why is the discovery ofnew species sometimes a critical conservation issue?
Scientists are continually discovering and documenting newspecies, although the rate of discovery of new species varies bygroup. In general, how would the discovery and documentation ofspecies new to science change your estimates of the numbers ofspecies that are potentially threatened? Why is the discovery ofnew species sometimes a critical conservation issue?
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