How do scientists extrapolate total number of species on Earth ?

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13.Biodiversity and Conservation

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How do scientists extrapolate the total number of species on Earth ?

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Scientists make a statistical comparison of the temperate-tropical species richness of an exhaustively studied group of insects and extrapolate this ratio to other groups of animals and plants to come up with a gross estimate of the total number of species on earth.

Standard 12

Biology

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