Proportion of endemic species in Annex II to the Habitats Directive
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Created 08 Jul 2011
Published 13 Jul 2012
Last modified 29 Nov 2012
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Proportion of endemic species in Annex II to the Habitats Directive
European data
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Last upload:
- 08 Jul 2011
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Temporal coverage:
- 2001-2006
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- biodiversity , endemic species , baseline
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- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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- Graph
Additional information
• Over 80 % of the Annex II species occur only in Europe (703 out of 865) with 60 % being narrow endemics (i.e. only occurring in a small geographical area).
• The proportion of endemics varies from more than 90 to 20 % according to the taxonomic group.
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