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Re: US Biodiversity (continued)
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: US Biodiversity (continued)
- From: Kendrick Weeks <musoikos@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:00:28 -0700 (PDT)
- In-reply-to: <F141xpqyDp6fwqMfiim00008593@hotmail.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hey all,
I think it would be neat to standardize these numbers
by total area. That way, large states like CA or TX
would not have the advantage!
Kendrick Weeks
Raleigh, NC
--- Leah Campbell <faeriemaiden@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear C-Birders,
>
> According to The Nature Conservancy, the following
> states have the greatest
> species diversity for each subdivision.
>
> mammals: CA (195)
> birds: TX (477 breeding birds)
> reptiles: TX (149)
> amphibians: NC (84)
> fish: AL (284)
> plants: CA (5,418)
>
> NC came in 9th for total animal species (4,131). SC
> was 14th (3,701).
>
> NC has had 12 animal extinctions; SC has had 5.
>
> NC came in 11th for plant diversity (2,771). SC was
> 12th (2,582).
>
> For more details and the full report, check out
> http://nature.org/earthday/work
>
> Leah Campbell
> Blackstock, SC
> leahcam@lycos.com
> faeriemaiden@hotmail.com
>
>
>
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