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. 2013 May 15;8(5):e63582. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063582

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