Table 2 Hotspots congruence.

From: Multiple forms of hotspots of tetrapod biodiversity and the challenges of open-access data scarcity

 

Congruence (% of area shared by hotspots)

Analysis

Grid-cell size

12.5 × 12.5 km

25 × 25 km

50 × 50 km

Hotspots definition

Hotspots definition

Hotspots definition

2.5%

10%

2.5%

10%

2.5%

10%

(a) Group

All tetrapods

0

6.7

0

8.8

0

26.7

Species Richness + Endemism + Threatened Species Proportion Global

Amphibia

0

8.1

0

5.1

0

18.8

Reptilia

0

20.0

0

13.3

0

0

Aves

0

3.7

0

6.8

0

6.2

Mammalia

0

17.2

0

10.0

0

18.8

All tetrapods

Species Richness + Endemism + Threatened Species Proportion National

Amphibia

0

18.6

0

18.2

25.0

13.3

Reptilia

0

0

0

3.8

0

0

Aves

0

0.9

0

6.7

0

14.3

Mammalia

All tetrapods

38.7

29.2

27.3

52.5

0

38.5

Species Richness + Endemism + Threatened Species Number Global

Amphibia

5.9

25.5

12.5

34.5

25.0

21.4

Reptilia

11.5

20.0

0.0

26.2

0

6.7

Aves

4.3

12.6

25.0

38.2

33.3

33.3

Mammalia

16.7

19.6

30.0

25.6

100.0

28.6

All tetrapods

Species Richness + Endemism + Threatened Species Number National

Amphibia

6.2

35.3

28.6

52.0

33.3

23.1

Reptilia

14.8

18.9

15.4

33.3

0

21.4

Aves

9.1

18.6

25.0

53.3

25.0

60.0

Mammalia

(b) Type of hotspot

Species Richness

5.4

8.2

0

17.2

0

5.6

Amphibia + Reptilia + Aves + Mammalia

Endemism

13.6

15.1

0

13.6

0

5.3

Threat. Sp. Proportion Global

0

0

0

1.8

0

0

Threat. Sp. Number Global

0

2.6

0

14.7

0

4.8

  1. The extent of spatial congruence of (a) all types of hotspots considering all tetrapods and each tetrapod group and (b) each different type of hotspots considering all tetrapods together; varying both the size of the sampling unit (12.5x, 25 × and 50 × km) and the criterion to define a hotspots (%2.5 or 10% of area/number of cells occupied by hotspots).