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Natural history: Restore our sense of species

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Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra has named a new dragonfly after David Attenborough to mark the broadcaster's 90th birthday — and to honour the importance of knowing the natural world.

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  1. Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra is a dragonfly researcher affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands.,

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Dijkstra, KD. Natural history: Restore our sense of species. Nature 533, 172–174 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/533172a

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