Table 2. Land surface coverage and maximum species richness in relation to different top ranking sub sets of the mammalian and amphibian ED and EDGE assessments at all resolutions considered in the study.
Amphibia | |||||||||
Scale (cell size in km) | 25×25 | 50×50 | 75×75 | 100×100 | 125×125 | 150×150 | 175×175 | 200×200 | |
maximum species richness | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |
ED | Total Area (in million km2) | 56.22 | 56.62 | 57.26 | 58.03 | 59.11 | 60.68 | 61.71 | 64.00 |
Proportion of land surface | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | |
maximum species richness | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | |
EDGE | Total Area (in million km2) | 2.89 | 3.32 | 3.89 | 4.75 | 5.69 | 6.77 | 8.05 | 9.28 |
Proportion of land surface | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | |
Mammalia | |||||||||
Scale (cell size in km) | 25×25 | 50×50 | 75×75 | 100×100 | 125×125 | 150×150 | 175×175 | 200×200 | |
maximum species richness | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | |
ED | Total Area (in million km2 ) | 102.28 | 102.72 | 103.50 | 104.63 | 105.78 | 107.62 | 109.24 | 111.88 |
Proportion of land surface | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.64 | |
maximum species richness | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
EDGE | Total Area (in million km2) | 48.80 | 49.31 | 50.16 | 51.37 | 53.08 | 54.81 | 56.81 | 58.88 |
Proportion of land surface | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |