The rise and fall of biodiversity in literature: A comprehensive quantification of historical changes in the use of vernacular labels for biological taxa in Western creative literature
Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems (LCSES)
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology Languages & linguistics Literature
Author, co-author :
Langer, Lars
Burghardt, Manuel
Borgards, Roland
Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin
SEPPELT, Ralf ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental Systems (LCSES)
Wirth, Christian
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
The rise and fall of biodiversity in literature: A comprehensive quantification of historical changes in the use of vernacular labels for biological taxa in Western creative literature
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