Environmental Science 15th Edition by Scott Spoolman,Tyler Miller

Exercise 1

The following table is a sample of a very large body of data reported by J. P. Collins, M. L. Crump, and T. E. Lovejoy III in their book Extinction in Our Times-Global Amphibian Decline. It compares various areas of the world in terms of the number of amphibian species found and the number of amphibian species that were endemic, or unique to each area. Scientists like to know these percentages because endemic species tend to be more vulnerable to extinction than do non-endemic species. Study the table below and then answer the following questions.

Which two areas have the lowest numbers of endemic species? Which two areas have the lowest percentages of endemic species?