Biodiversity wars

No, not the methodological stuff. That's boring (which is why I have a grant application out right now on that topic).

This. A roundup and prospectus on what the degradation of biodiversity is leading us to.

Also, see the interview with Peter Raven, here.

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OK, so we can either go for boring or depressing. Any change of a Basic Concepts post on Fisher's alpha?

Bob