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Nature 421, 900-901 (27 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421900a
Ecology: The how and why of biodiversity
Kevin J. Gaston
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Abstract
A study of reef fish in the Indian and Pacific oceans reveals that the structures of local communities and their regional context are intricately entwined. New species spread far from an oceanic 'hotspot' of diversity.
In the field of biodiversity, Rudyard Kipling's "six honest serving men"1 have progressed at very different speeds. What, Who, Where and When have established much about the basic distribution patterns of life across the Earth.
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