How many named species are valid

Volume: 99, Issue: 6, Pages: 3706 - 3711
Published: Mar 19, 2002
Abstract
Estimates of biodiversity in both living and fossil groups depend on raw counts of currently recognized named species, but many of these names eventually will prove to be synonyms or otherwise invalid. This difficult bias can be resolved with a simple “flux ratio” equation that compares historical rates of invalidation and revalidation. Flux ratio analysis of a taxonomic data set of unrivalled completeness for 4,861 North American fossil mammal...
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Title
How many named species are valid
Published Date
Mar 19, 2002
Volume
99
Issue
6
Pages
3706 - 3711
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