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Global biomass vs. abundance of taxa

Global biomass (measured in tonnes of carbon) versus the abundance (number of individuals) of different taxonomic groups. These are given as order-of-magnitude estimates.

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16 Nov 2018
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Bar-On, Y. M., Phillips, R., & Milo, R. (2018). The biomass distribution on Earth

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