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Mon 09 Sep 2008Climate change a threat to plant species diversity
NOT MANY people outside the world of science would be able to offer an explanation of systematics. It's a botanical and biological specialism, the science of documenting and describing the diversity of living organisms, writes Harry McGee
Some of the world's leading authorities in this area, in addition to experts in biology, botany and climatology, are at Trinity College Dublin this week to discuss the impact of climate change on the world's biodiversity, such as changes in the distribution of species and threats of extinction.
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