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Some Biological Implications on Drake’s Formula

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Bioastronomy — The Next Steps

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 144))

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Biological considerations contribute heavily to decreasing the estimates of Drake’s number and the possibility of galactic colonization.

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Pfleiderer, M. (1988). Some Biological Implications on Drake’s Formula. In: Marx, G. (eds) Bioastronomy — The Next Steps. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 144. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2959-3_39

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