Measuring Biodiversity: Extrapolation

• ~ 1200 beetle spp. in canopy of Luehea seemanii.

• ~ 13.5 % (163 spp.) of beetles are specialists.

• ~ 50,000 tropical tree spp.

• Beetles ~ 40% of insect diversity.

• ~ 2/3 insects found in canopy, 1/3 on ground

• ~30 million insect spp.

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