Table 1.
Summary data for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility-based species richness assessment of birds and mammals across nine equally sized large regions on four continents
| Location | Taxonomic class | Number of species | Number of individuals | Number of cells (1600 total) | ACE | ICE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Australia | Mammalia | 4 | 719 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| Aves | 5 | 13 | 5 | n/a | n/a | |
| E Australia | Mammalia | 21 | 126 | 38 | 36.28 | 31.52 |
| Aves | 110 | 570 | 90 | 137.32 | 141.74 | |
| Europe | Mammalia | 66 | 16 725 | 136 | 71.66 | 89.49 |
| Aves | 313 | 444 388 | 178 | 353.97 | 384.38 | |
| E North America | Mammalia | 96 | 6718 | 384 | 107.51 | 123.63 |
| Aves | 311 | 620 227 | 1335 | 341.04 | 374.83 | |
| W North America | Mammalia | 132 | 7382 | 436 | 142.95 | 149.56 |
| Aves | 290 | 205 437 | 757 | 315.54 | 340.93 | |
| S North America | Mammalia | 213 | 16 320 | 632 | 222.84 | 244.11 |
| Aves | 406 | 344 145 | 906 | 417.14 | 444.01 | |
| S Africa | Mammalia | 52 | 803 | 39 | 68.50 | 84.48 |
| Aves | 355 | 736 551 | 827 | 376.68 | 445.37 | |
| SW Africa | Mammalia | 89 | 1730 | 63 | 122.85 | 132.60 |
| Aves | 55 | 163 | 29 | 68.34 | 206.31 | |
| SE Africa | Mammalia | 67 | 950 | 48 | 72.31 | 91.24 |
| Aves | 302 | 19 968 | 118 | 356.54 | 378.06 |
Number of individuals, species and occupied cells are shown along with mean values for the abundance and incidence coverage species richness estimators (ACE, ICE).