The importance of being rare

Kevin J. Gaston ()
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Kevin J. Gaston: Kevin J. Gaston is at the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK.

Nature, 2012, vol. 487, issue 7405, 46-47

Abstract: Uncovering the contribution of rare species to ecosystems is crucial to predicting the impacts of biodiversity loss. It seems that these species can be ecologically very different from their common relatives, but only in some cases.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/487046a

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