What does 'biodiversity' mean - scientific problem or convenient myth?
Biodiversity has become an everyday word, not just for ecologists but for politicians, the media and the general public too. But does It have a genuine scientific meaning that distinguishes it from earlier studies of diversity, or has it assumed a mythological status?
Alexej Ghilarov is at the Dept of Vertebrate Zoology and General Ecology, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
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