[Taxacom] New Publication: Numbers of Living Species in Austrakia and the World

[taxacom3 at achapman.org]

A publication on the numbers of living species in Australia and the World has just been published by the Australian Department of Environment and Heritage.

The numbers of species has been estimated by collating information from systematists, taxonomic literature, on-line resources and previous compilations.  Estimates for the numbers of published species is given for each large taxonomic grouping for both Australia and the World, along with estimates of the total numbers of species, and the estimated/calculated percentage endemism for Australia.

The publication is available electronically at

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/other/species-numbers/index.html

Bibliographic Information:

Chapman, A.D. (2006). Numbers of living species in Australia and the World. 60pp. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. 
ISBN (printed): 978 0 642 56849 6l 
ISBN (online): 978 0 642 56850 2. http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/other/species-numbers/index.html. 

Arthur D. Chapman
Toowoomba, Australia