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An understanding of the species concept is basic to an understanding of biological diversity because species are almost universally used as the units in which diversity is measured.
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Vane-Wright, R.I. (1992). Species Concepts. In: Groombridge, B. (eds) Global Biodiversity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2282-5_3
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