Big brains, little bodies.
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www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 338 14 DECEMBER 2012 1389 COVER Arachnoscelis magnifi ca, a predaceous katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), on a leaf in the San Lorenzo forest of Panama. This attractive insect is but one of the ~25,000 arthropod species likely to live in this 6000-hectare forest, confi rming the formidable diversity of arthropods, which appears to be 300 times that of mammals in tropical rainforests. See page 1481.
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عنوان ژورنال:
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دوره 338 6113 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012