Additional file 1 – Results of the individual map
analysis
Särkinen et al. “Forgotten forests of South America – comparing biome delimitations
between land use and biome maps in relation to dry vegetation types”
Contents
Table S1. Results of the Land Cover Map by Eva et al. [17].
Table S2. Results of the WWF Ecoregion map [16].
Table S3. Results of the Americas Base Map [29].
Table S4. Results of the map by Morrone [30].
Table S5. Results of the Ecological Systems Map [31].
Table S6. Areas labelled as non-SDTF but which received more than 20 specimen hits
in our analysis.
Table S1. Results of the Land Use Map by Eva et al. [17]. Biomes considered as part
of the SDTF biome are highlighted in grey.
Biome
Agricultural
Montane forests
Barren (urban + ice & rock)
Shrublands
Savannas
SDTF
Rain forests
Chaco
Temperate grasslands
Montane grasslands
Mangroves
All specimen data
No. of
Percentage
specimens
of total
3035
48.2
725
11.5
684
10.9
640
10.2
431
6.8
278
4.4
254
4.0
139
2.2
64
1.0
46
0.7
3
< 0.0
Narrow endemics only
No. of
Percentage
specimens
of total
453
41.1
216
19.6
92
8.4
158
14.4
53
4.8
20
1.8
34
3.1
24
2.2
14
1.3
34
3.1
2
0.2
Table S2. Results of the WWF Ecoregion map [16]. Biomes considered as part of the
SDTF biome are highlighted in grey.
#
13
1
7
2
9
14
0
10
8
Biomes
Deserts and xeric
shrublands
Tropical and subtropical
moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical
grasslands, savannas
and shrublands
Tropical and subtropical
dry broadleaf forests
Flooded grasslands and
savannas
Mangroves
Ice, water, rock
Montane grasslands and
shrublands
Temperate grasslands,
savannas and
shrublands
All specimen data
No. of
Percentage of
specimens
total
Narrow endemics only
No. of
Percentage of
specimens
total
2,271
36.0
335
30.4
2,124
33.7
463
42.1
1,065
16.9
117
10.6
664
10.5
149
13.5
66
1.0
3
0.3
39
29
0.6
0.5
6
11
0.5
1.0
22
0.3
15
1.4
19
0.3
2
0.2
Table S3. Results of the Americas Base Map [29]. Biomes considered as part of the
SDTF biome are highlighted in grey. Despite reference to dry forets, biome 35 is not
considered part of the SDTF biome but refers to a mix of montane forests and tropical
highland grasslands.
#
34
32
42
45
35
43
31
46
44
30
48
0
40
33
39
51
Biome
Dry, partly sclerophyllous forest and open
woodland
Seasonally wet forest, wet savanna
Floodplain tropical vegetation
Mountain vegetation of rain forest
Mountain vegetation of dry forest and open
woodland
Seaside littoral vegetation
Mountain vegetation of monsoon rain forest
Evergreen and partly deciduous forests, open
woodland and shrubland
Rain forest (Amazon basin & Choco)
Rain forest (Mata Atlantica)
Grassland
Barren land
Mountain vegetation of desert and semidesert
Mountain vegetation of seasonally wet forest
and savanna
Desert (Pacific coast of Peru & Chile)
Desert (temperate & subtropical, in Eastern
Cordillera in Argentina)
All specimen data
No. of
Percentage
specimens
of total
Narrow endemics only
No. of
Percentage
specimens
of total
2,690
42.7
462
42.0
1,883
535
316
29.9
8.5
5.0
170
87
154
15.4
7.9
14.0
209
3.3
107
9.7
163
137
2.6
2.2
35
20
3.2
0.5
139
2.2
6
1.8
76
70
31
22
12
1.2
1.1
0.5
0.3
0.2
22
14
1
5
11
2.0
1.3
0.1
0.5
0.4
11
0.2
4
0.3
4
0.1
3
1.0
1
< 0.0
-
-
Table S4. Results of the map by Morrone [30]. Biomes considered as part of the
SDTF biome are highlighted in grey.
#
48
54
50
49
53
47
55
46
58
0
51
35
30
56
32
33
34
25
26
45
52
47
57
Biome
Caatinga
Parana Forest
Chaco
Cerrado
Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Yungas
Araucaria angustifolia For
Pantanal
Puna
Barren/coastal
Pampa
Napo
Cauca
North Andean Paramo
Western Ecuador
Arid Ecuador
Tumbes-Piura
Maracaibo
Venezuelan Coast
Para
Monte
Ucayali
Costal Peruvian Desert
All specimen data
No. of
Percentage
specimens
of total
2,514
39.9
948
15.0
529
8.4
476
7.6
452
7.2
380
6.0
233
3.7
202
3.2
164
2.6
92
1.5
77
1.2
50
0.8
39
0.6
37
0.6
28
0.4
24
0.4
16
0.3
13
0.2
8
0.1
7
0.1
5
0.1
3
0.0
2
0.0
Narrow endemics only
No. of
Percentage
specimens
of total
361
32.8
97
8.8
63
5.7
47
4.3
70
6.4
124
11.3
7
0.6
13
1.2
114
10.4
30
2.7
1
0.1
40
3.6
32
2.9
32
2.9
27
2.5
23
2.1
15
1.4
1
0.1
1
0.1
1
0.1
2
0.2
Table S5. Results of the Ecological Systems Map [31]. Biomes considered as part of
the SDTF biome are highlighted in grey.
#
501
410
406
409
502
602
402
408
401
0
411
505
504
604
405
406
Division
Caatinga
Atlantic Forest
Cerrado
North-Central Moist Andes
Chaco
Pampas
Moist Meso-America
Amazonia
Dry Meso-America
Empty/barren land
Caribbean
South-Central Dry Andes
Peruvian-Chilean Desert
Patagonia
Orinoquia
Cerrado
All specimen data
No. of
Percentage
species
of total
2,263
35.9
1,846
29.3
876
13.9
630
10.0
420
6.7
76
1.2
55
0.9
52
0.8
26
0.4
26
0.4
16
0.3
6
0.1
3
< 0.0
3
< 0.0
1
< 0.0
1
< 0.0
Narrow endemics only
No. of
Percentage
species
of total
329
29.9
215
19.5
73
6.6
317
28.8
61
5.5
1
0.1
48
4.4
11
1.0
25
2.3
10
0.9
3
0.3
5
0.5
3
0.3
-
Table S1. Areas labelled as non-SDTF but which received more than 20 specimen hits
in our analysis. Results for the Land Cover Map (LCM; [17]), WWF Ecoregions
(ECO; [16]), and the Americas Basemap (AB; [29]) are shown.
Biome
map
No. of specimen
hits
Grid ID
number
Biome
AB
1220
276
Savannas
Southern Brazil: South Brazilian (Cedrela fissilis, C. glaziovii,
Hymenaeastilbocarpa, Aspidosperma polyneuron, Inga edulis)
AB
380
209
Floodplain
tropical
vegetation
Northeast Brazilian (Hymenaea courbaril, species of gg. Bowdichia,
Erythrina)
AB
322
186
Savannas
Brazilian--(Locally, "campos--cerrados," woodland
savanna.)(Curatella americana, species of gg. Kielmeyera,
Byrsonima, Erythroxylum, Dimorphandra; grasses: speciesof gg.
Paspalum, Panicum, Andropogon, Aristida)
AB
138
249
AB
136
326
AB
85
94
AB
84
269
AB
79
171
AB
73
319
AB
69
263
Mountain
vegetation of
rain forests
Evegreen and
partly
deciduous
forsts, open
woodland and
shrubland
Mountain
vegetation of
rain forests
Savannas
Seaside
littoral
vegetation
Mountain
vegetation of
monsoon rain
forest
Savannas
Mountain
vegetation of
monsoon rain
forest
Rain forest
(Amazon
basin &
Choco)
Rain forest
(Mata
Atlantica)
Seaside
littoral
vegetation
Details of area from original biome maps
Bolivian (species of gg. Gaultheria, Podocarpus, Cyathea)
South Brazilian (Araucaria angustifolia, species of g. Podocarpus,
Cedrela fissilis, Ilex paraguayensis, Phoebe porosa, Dicksonia
sellowiana)
Equadorian--Peruvian (Podocarpus nubigenus, Oreopanax
artocaroides, Clusia pseudomangle)
Pantanal (Tecoma caraiba, Ceiba dlaziovii, Parantheria prostrata;
grasses: species of gg. Paspalum, Panicum, Oryza) with deciduous
forest
Brazilian (species of gg. Iresine, Ipomaea, Hydrocotyle, Leucothoe,
Gaylussacia, Cereus, Melocactus)
West Atlantic (Piptadenia rigida, P. communis, Caesalpinia
echinata, Dalbergia nigra, Tecoma heptaphylla, Nectandra
grandiflora, Phoebe porosa, Ceiba pentandra)
Bolivian (Astronium urundeuva, Piptadenia macrocarpa, Hymenaea
stilbocarpa)
West Atlantic (Piptadenia rigida, P. communis, Caesalpinia
echinata, Dalbergia nigra, Tecoma heptaphylla, Nectandra
grandiflora, Phoebe porosa, Ceiba pentandra)
AB
65
194
AB
49
189
AB
47
257
AB
45
255
AB
41
342
Savannas
Argentine (Astronium balansae, Tabebuia ipe, Luehea divaricata,
Peltophorum dubium, Piptadenia rigida, Cedrela fissitis)
AB
40
348
Floodplain
tropical
vegetation
Argentine (Salix humboldtiana, Ficus monckii, Phytolacca dioica,
Ocotea acutifolia)
AB
38
287
Savannas
Bolivian (species of gg. Tecoma, Bombax, Ceiba, Chlorophora,
Aspidosperma; grasses: species of gg. Tristachya, Andropogon,
Paspalum) with palm savanna
AB
30
162
Floodplain
tropical
vegetation
Northeast Brazilian (Hymenaea courbaril, species of gg. Bowdichia,
Erythrina)
AB
28
358
Savannas
Uruguayan (Generium argenteum, Paspalum notatum, Axonopus
compressus, Sporobolus poiretii, Andropogon saccharoides,
Eragrostis neesii) with shrubland (Erythrina cristagalli, Prosopis
algarobilla, species of gg. Schinus, Acacia, Colletia)
Southwest Amazonian (Swietenia macrophylla, Myroxylon
balsamum, Torresea acreana, Calophyllum brasiliense, species of
gg. Cedrela, Virola)
West Atlantic (Piptadenia rigida, P. communis, Hymenaea
stilbocarpa, Melanoxylon brauna, Centrolobium robustum,
Dalbergia nigra)
Brazilian (species of gg. Iresine, Ipomaea, Hydrocotyle, Leucothoe,
Gaylussacia, Cereus, Melocactus)
AB
26
300
AB
21
175
AB
21
361
ECO
719
60150
ECO
623
60704
ECO
252
60104
ECO
219
60160
ECO
206
60708
ECO
169
60105
ECO
161
60210
ECO
159
60101
ECO
134
60121
ECO
108
60103
ECO
98
60165
ECO
86
60153
ECO
49
60152
ECO
48
60710
ECO
44
60907
ECO
41
60178
ECO
40
61406
Mountain
vegetation of
rain forests
Mountain
vegetation of
rain forests
Savannas
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Savanna
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Chaco
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Chaco
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Savannas
Savannas
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Mangroves
Selva--Yungas (species of gg. Hufelandia, Endlicheria, Nectandra-species of gg. Ocotea, Phoebe, Cinechona)
Selva--Yungas (species of gg. Hufelandia, Endlicheria, Nectandra-species of gg. Ocotea, Phoebe, Cinechona)
South Brazilian (Cedrela fissilis, C. glaziovii, Hymenaeastilbocarpa,
Aspidosperma polyneuron, Inga edulis)
Alto Paraná Atlantic forests
Cerrado
Bahia interior forests
Serra do Mar coastal forests
Humid Chaco
Bolivian Yungas
Dry Chaco
Araucaria moist forests
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests
Bahia coastal forests
Southern Andean Yungas
Peruvian Yungas
Pernambuco interior forests
Uruguayan savanna
Pantanal
Western Ecuador moist forests
Southern Atlantic mangroves
ECO
29
60151
ECO
28
60703
LCM
81
45427
LCM
78
38218
LCM
56
41550
LCM
46
31531
LCM
34
16583
LCM
28
11596
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Savannas
Pernambuco coastal forests
Campos Rupestres montane savanna
Savannas
Montane
forests
Savannas
Shrub savannah
Savannas
Montane
forests
Tropical and
subtropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
Shrub savannah
Montane forest >1000m closed deciduous
Shrub savannah
Montane forest 500-1000m open deciduous
Open semi-humid forest