Table 3 Ecological systems that overlap vertebrate endemic areas and irreplaceable areas.
From: Plant and animal endemism in the eastern Andean slope: challenges to conservation
Ecological system | Percent of endemic area covered by system | Percent of irreplaceable areas covered by system | Percent of study area covered by system | Percent of system range that is protected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Montane pluvial forest of the Yungas | 35.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 34 |
Lower montane pluvial forest and palm grove of the Yungas | 16.1 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 41 |
Montane humid pluviseasonal forest of the Yungas | 14.9 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 13 |
Upper montane pluvial forest of the Yungas | 10.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 22 |
Upper montane pluviseasonal forest of the Yungas | 5.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 9 |
Converted lands | 4.6 | 14.7 | 6.0 | 4 |
Low montane subhumid pluviseasonal forest of the southern Yungas | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 16 |
Lower montane humid pluviseasonal forest of the Yungas | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 18 |
Southwestern Amazon subandean evergreen forest | 2.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 42 |
High-Andean and upper montane pluvial grassland and shrubland of the Yungas | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 30 |
Western Amazon subandean evergreen forest | 0.0 | 12.6 | 5.0 | 38 |
Southwestern Amazon piedmont forest | 0.0 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 39 |
Southwestern Amazon subandean evergreen seasonal forest | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 48 |
Western Amazon semideciduous azonal forest | 0.0 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1 |
Lower montane humid pluviseasonal forest of the Yungas | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 18 |
Lower montane pluvial forest of the Condor Mountain Range | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 42 |