# dots on maps

[Brian Brown]

Does anyone have an opinion about how many dots (=distribution records) a
map needs to be useful? Many of my species are known from only one or two
sites, so a map of their distribution would probably be a waste of space and
time (but maybe other people think otherwise?). How many locality records
does it take to interest biogeographers?

Brian
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Brian V. Brown
Entomology Section
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, U.S.A.

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