Tropical forests are home to over half of the world’s vertebrate species

• Published in: Frontiers in ecology and the environment Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 10 - 15
• Main Authors: Pillay, Rajeev, Venter, Michelle, Aragon‐Osejo, Jose, González‐del‐Pliego, Pamela, Hansen, Andrew J, Watson, James EM, Venter, Oscar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.02.2022

Tropical forests are renowned for their astonishing diversity of life, but the fundamental question of how many species occur in tropical forests remains unanswered. Using geographic range maps and data on species habitat associations, we determined that tropical forests harbor 62% of global terrest...