Number of mangrove species, by marine ecoregion.
We derived mangrove species diversity information from new maps of the individual ranges for sixty-five mangrove species that will be published in Spalding et al. (forthcoming). These range maps were overlain on ecoregion maps and species totals calculated for each.
These data were derived by The Nature Conservancy, and were displayed in a map published in The Atlas of Global Conservation (Hoekstra et al., University of California Press, 2010). More information at http://nature.org/atlas.
Data derived from:
Spalding, M. D., M. Kainuma, L. Collins. Forthcoming. World Mangrove Atlas. London: Earthscan, with International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UNEP-WCMC, The Nature Conservancy, United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organisation, United Nations University. For more about The Atlas of Global Conservation
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