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Whose conservative estimate places global species diversity at about seven million?
ARobert Mayo
BRoberta Mann
CRoberto Mateo
DRobert May
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Robert May
1. Estimates of total species number vary enormously.
2. Extreme estimates run from twenty to fifty million.
3. A more conservative and scientifically sound estimate was made by Robert May.
4. He places global species diversity at about seven million.
_Source: NCERT Class XII Biology, Ch 13 'Biodiversity and Conservation'_
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