Table S1 Number of species of various taxonomic groups in the SW Pacific. Figures in brackets are the number of endemic species,
where available.
Taxon
New
Bismarck
Solomon
Vanuatu
Fiji
Tonga
Samoa
New
Reference
Guinea
Archipelago
Islands
33 (13)
12 (0)
11 (1)
3 (0)
10 (8)
2 (1)
2 (0)
1 (0) Pannell (1992)
34 (25)
?
8 (2)
2
6(4)
2
2
2(1) Stevens (1980)
36(8)
10 (0)
9 (1)
5(1)
9(4)
1(1)
0
0
0
1
1
4
0
1
129
30
46
16
14
4
8
25 Corner (1963)
30
?
19
11
7
7
4
11 Woodroffe (1987)
58 (44)
10 (1)
8 (2)
7 (2)
8 (6)
2 (0)
9 (7)
Caledonia
Plants
Aglaia
(Meliaceae)
Calophyllum
(Clusiaceae)
Conifers
Crossostylis
43 (43) de Laubenfels (1996)
3 Setoguchi et al. (1998)
(Rhizophoraceae)
Ficus (Moraceae)
Mangroves
Melicope (Rutaceae)
5 (5) Hartley (2000)
Metrosideros
7
2
3
2
2
1
2
99
?
8
2
6
1
2
18 Wilson (1996)
(Myrtaceae)
Myristica
(Myristicaceae)
Orchidaceae
0 de Wilde (1994, 1995, 1998,
2002)
3,200
?
277 (28)
158 (11)
164
43 (1)
(51)
101
197 Lewis & Cribb (1989. 1991);
(15)
Kores (1991); Morat
(1993); Cribb & Whistler
(1996); Bandisch (2007);
Cribb & Whistler (in press)
Palms
c. 270
?
42
19
24
2 (0)
9 (8)
37 Dowe & Cabalion (1996);
Doyle & Fuller (1998);
Hodel & Pintau (1998);
Baker & Dransfield (2006);
A.W. Whistler (pers.com.)
Proteaceae
9(4)
1(0)
1(0)
2(1)
2(2)
0
0
43(43) Weston & Crisp (1996)
Animals
Birds
565
132
138
57
57
20
33
100+
19(10)
31(30)
4(3)
19(9)
2(1)
3(2)
41(32)
?
14(9)
3(1)
5(2)
5(2)
8(5)
Frogs
201
c. 20
26
0
2
0
0
0 Allison (1996)
Lizards
189
c. 50
55
24
24
18
14
50 Allison (1996)
Marsupials
68
4
0
0
0
0
0
0 Flannery (1996)
Mega- &
71
40
41
11
6
4
3
9 Flannery (1996)
68
8
10
0
0
0
0
0 Flannery (1996)
500+
150(36)
121(35)
57(0)
41(6)
28(1)
31(4)
61(0) Munroe (1996)
70
c. 15
21
2
3
1
1
3 Allison (1996)
5,768
----
890
386
413
143
233
Cicadas
Chrysosoma
71 Keast (1996)
? de Boer & Duffels (1996)
9(8) Bickel (1996)
(Diptera)
Microchiroptera
Murids
Papilionoidea
(Lepidoptera)
Snakes
Total
588
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