Post by Zamastan on Mar 29, 2020 3:51:42 GMT
Cadair Ecology
Biodiversity
Cadair is a megadiverse country, a term employed for countries which display high biological diversity and contain many species exclusively indigenous, or endemic, to them. Cadair is a habitat for 8.6% of all mammal species, 13.7% of bird species, 7.9% of reptile species, 6% of amphibian species, 12.2% of fish species, and 6.0% of all flowering plant species. Fully a third of Cadairian plant species are endemic. Cadair also contains four of the world's 34 biodiversity hotspots, or regions that display significant habitat loss in the presence of high endemism.
Cadair's forest cover is 701,673 km2 (270,917 sq mi), which is 21.35% of the country's total land area. It can be subdivided further into broad categories of canopy density, or the proportion of the area of a forest covered by its tree canopy. Very dense forest, whose canopy density is greater than 70%, occupies 2.61% of Cadair's land area. It predominates in the tropical moist forest of the northeast coastal highlands Moderately dense forest, whose canopy density is between 40% and 70%, occupies 9.59% of Cadair's land area. It predominates in the temperate coniferous forest of the eastern mountains, the moist deciduous sal forest of eastern Cadair, and the dry deciduous teak forest of central and southern Cadair. Open forest, whose canopy density is between 10% and 40%, occupies 9.14% of Cadair's land area, and predominates in the babul-dominated thorn forest of the central plateau and the western plain.
Among the Cadairian plate's notable indigenous trees are the astringent Azadirachta indica, or neem, which is widely used in rural Cadairian herbal medicine, and the luxuriant Ficus religiosa, or peepul.
Many Cadairian species have descended from those of the southern supercontinent from which Cadair separated more than 200 million years ago. Cadair's subsequent collision with its current continent set off a mass exchange of species. However, volcanism and climatic changes later caused the extinction of many endemic Cadairian forms. Still later, mammals entered Cadair from the continent through two zoogeographical passes flanking the eastern mountains. This had the effect of lowering endemism among Cadair's mammals, which stands at 12.6%, contrasting with 45.8% among reptiles and 55.8% among amphibians. Notable endemics are the vulnerable hooded leaf monkey and the threatened Beddom's toad of the Western Ghats.
Cadair contains 172 IUCN-designated threatened animal species, or 2.9% of endangered forms. These include the endangered Cadairian tiger and the Cadair river dolphin. Critically endangered species include: the gharial, a crocodilian; the great Cadair bustard; and the Cadair white-rumped vulture, which has become nearly extinct by having ingested the carrion of diclofenac-treated cattle. The pervasive and ecologically devastating human encroachment of recent decades has critically endangered Cadair wildlife. Cadair hosts more than five hundred wildlife sanctuaries and thirteen biosphere reserves.
Cadair has the majority of the world's wild tigers, nearly 3,000 in 2019. Shown here is Maya, a Cadairian tigress in a Cadairian wildlife sanctuary.
A Chinkara, also known as the Cadairian gazelle.
Biodiversity
Cadair is a megadiverse country, a term employed for countries which display high biological diversity and contain many species exclusively indigenous, or endemic, to them. Cadair is a habitat for 8.6% of all mammal species, 13.7% of bird species, 7.9% of reptile species, 6% of amphibian species, 12.2% of fish species, and 6.0% of all flowering plant species. Fully a third of Cadairian plant species are endemic. Cadair also contains four of the world's 34 biodiversity hotspots, or regions that display significant habitat loss in the presence of high endemism.
Cadair's forest cover is 701,673 km2 (270,917 sq mi), which is 21.35% of the country's total land area. It can be subdivided further into broad categories of canopy density, or the proportion of the area of a forest covered by its tree canopy. Very dense forest, whose canopy density is greater than 70%, occupies 2.61% of Cadair's land area. It predominates in the tropical moist forest of the northeast coastal highlands Moderately dense forest, whose canopy density is between 40% and 70%, occupies 9.59% of Cadair's land area. It predominates in the temperate coniferous forest of the eastern mountains, the moist deciduous sal forest of eastern Cadair, and the dry deciduous teak forest of central and southern Cadair. Open forest, whose canopy density is between 10% and 40%, occupies 9.14% of Cadair's land area, and predominates in the babul-dominated thorn forest of the central plateau and the western plain.
Among the Cadairian plate's notable indigenous trees are the astringent Azadirachta indica, or neem, which is widely used in rural Cadairian herbal medicine, and the luxuriant Ficus religiosa, or peepul.
Many Cadairian species have descended from those of the southern supercontinent from which Cadair separated more than 200 million years ago. Cadair's subsequent collision with its current continent set off a mass exchange of species. However, volcanism and climatic changes later caused the extinction of many endemic Cadairian forms. Still later, mammals entered Cadair from the continent through two zoogeographical passes flanking the eastern mountains. This had the effect of lowering endemism among Cadair's mammals, which stands at 12.6%, contrasting with 45.8% among reptiles and 55.8% among amphibians. Notable endemics are the vulnerable hooded leaf monkey and the threatened Beddom's toad of the Western Ghats.
Cadair contains 172 IUCN-designated threatened animal species, or 2.9% of endangered forms. These include the endangered Cadairian tiger and the Cadair river dolphin. Critically endangered species include: the gharial, a crocodilian; the great Cadair bustard; and the Cadair white-rumped vulture, which has become nearly extinct by having ingested the carrion of diclofenac-treated cattle. The pervasive and ecologically devastating human encroachment of recent decades has critically endangered Cadair wildlife. Cadair hosts more than five hundred wildlife sanctuaries and thirteen biosphere reserves.
Cadair has the majority of the world's wild tigers, nearly 3,000 in 2019. Shown here is Maya, a Cadairian tigress in a Cadairian wildlife sanctuary.
A Chinkara, also known as the Cadairian gazelle.
