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How do ecologists estimate the total number of species present in the world?



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Living entities exhibit a vast diversity on Earth. Researchers estimate it to be close to seven million. Ecologists can estimate the total number of species on Earth through a statistical comparison between species richness of a well-studied group of insects of tropical and temperate regions. Later these ratios are extrapolated with groups of other plants and animals to estimate the net species richness found on Earth.

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