Harper J L, Hawksworth D L
International Mycological Institute, Egham, Surrey, U.K.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1994 Jul 29;345(1311):5-12. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1994.0081.
In introducing a series of 11 papers on the measurement and estimation of biodiversity, eight crucial questions are posed: What is 'biodiversity'? Is biodiversity just the number of species in an area? If biodiversity is more than the number of species how can it be measured? Are all species of equal weight? Should biodiversity measures include infraspecific genetic variance? Do some species contribute more than others to the biodiversity of an area? Are there useful indicators of areas where biodiversity is high? And can the extent of biodiversity in taxonomic groups be estimated by extrapolation? In addition, the modern concept of biological diversity is attributed to Elliot R. Norse and his colleagues.
在介绍一系列关于生物多样性测量与评估的11篇论文时，提出了八个关键问题：什么是“生物多样性”？生物多样性仅仅是一个区域内物种的数量吗？如果生物多样性不止是物种数量，那该如何测量？所有物种的权重都相等吗？生物多样性测量应包括种内遗传变异吗？某些物种对一个区域生物多样性的贡献比其他物种更大吗？是否存在生物多样性高的区域的有用指标？以及能否通过外推法估计分类群中的生物多样性程度？此外，生物多样性的现代概念归功于埃利奥特·R·诺斯及其同事。
