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Table 3 Performance of biome maps for SDTF

From: Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study

 

Percentage of specimens

Biome map

SDTF

Cerrado

Chaco

 

All species

Narrow endemics only

All species

Narrow endemics only

All species

Narrow endemics only

Latin American Biogeography Scheme (LAB)

[30]

40.6

36.3

7.6

4.3

8.4

5.7

Americas Basemap (AB)

[29]

42.7

42.0

29.9

15.4

3.9

3.1

WWF Ecoregions (ECO)

[16]

46.6

43.6

9.9

5.2

5.7

4.9

Land Cover Map (LCM)

[17]

14.6

(62.71)

16.2

(57.31)

6.3

4.5

2.2

2.2

Ecological Systems Map (ESM)

[31]

36.4

32.4

13.9

6.6

6.7

5.5

  1. Percentage of specimens which fell into the SDTF biome compared to the two other South American dry biomes, savannas (mainly Cerrado in our analysis) and the Chaco.
  2. 1 Most specimens fall into agricultural land, and if these areas are considered as degraded SDTF, 62.7% of specimens fall into SDTF. This is likely an overestimation as part of the agricultural land could be degraded savannas or Chaco.