# rmx-s-gst-ecol: about biodiversity studies

<< Many of the previous studies on global species diversity are inaccurate >>

<< (..) there might be an under- or overestimation of global biodiversity by up to 50 per cent when the survey is based on only a few taxa >>

https://www.idiv.de/en/press/press-releases/press_release_single_view/article//study-finds.html

Schuldt, A., Wubet, T., et al. Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales. Nature Communications 6: 10169. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10169.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10169