July 20, 2004
Earth's real biodiversity is invisible, whether we like it or not.
"As one moves down the size spectrum of organisms, from the romantic large mammals and birds, through nondescript small arthropods, on down to protozoan, bacterial and viral species, not only does concern for diversity and conservation fall away, it even changes sign." Save the endangered Archaea!
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anyone got an account name to use? I just registered for something else - all registered out.
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pete, there's always bug me not
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Hmmm - even bugmenotting it doesn't seem to help, they just kindly offer to sell me the article for a mere $18. Which, considering they think I'm a Mr Jorgensen from Australia, might prove a little difficult. Oh, and now I can't logout of it. Hey ho.
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Dammit, sorry, y'all. I subscribe to Nature, so I got the link by mailing to myself - "Share this article with a colleague" - at gmail. Didn't realize that they'd hit you up to pay for it. If nobody can read this, let's delete the post. Moderator please hope me!
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The quote, by the way, is from Robert May, who writes more here. The essay in Nature was by Sean Nee, lightly recapped by the Irish Times [jpg, sorry].