Table 2.
Numbers of sites in the dataset within each Higher Taxon category and the broad taxonomic groups that they contain for each continent
| Higher taxon | Asia | Africa | Central America | South America |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertebrates | 243 | 1130 | 401 | 331 |
| Amphibia | 10 (1) | 61 (2) | 129 (4) | 27 (3) |
| Aves | 143 (7) | 796 (12) | 89 (5) | 218 (10) |
| Mammalia | 79 (7) | 264 (6) | 10 (2) | 83 (7) |
| Reptilia | 11 (2) | 9 (1) | 173 (4) | 3 (1) |
| Invertebrates | 462 | 239 | 160 | 591 |
| Mollusca | 0 | 36 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Arachnida | 8 (1) | 9 (1) | 6 (1) | 237 (4) |
| Blattodea | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Coleoptera | 290 (4) | 37 (3) | 24 (2) | 65 (6) |
| Diptera | 0 | 36 (1) | 0 | 6 (2) |
| Hymenoptera | 116 (9) | 5 (1) | 69 (6) | 262 (12) |
| Lepidoptera | 48 (9) | 108 (6) | 58 (2) | 18 (2) |
| Odonata | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 |
| Orthoptera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) |
| Plants | 334 | 821 | 169 | 20 |
| Bryophyta | 0 | 84 (2) | 0 | 4 (1) |
| Pinopsida | 0 | 0 | 60 (1) | 0 |
| Polypodiopsida | 0 | 63 (2) | 0 | 4 (1) |
| Liliopsida | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 |
| Magnoliopsida | 334 (10) | 652 (9) | 96 (4) | 12 (2) |
Numbers in brackets are the numbers of studies that sampled each taxonomic group (some studies sampled multiple groups)