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"We estimate that the contribution of reptiles and amphibians to the total animal biomass is negligible, as we discuss in the SI Appendix." It was pretty non i
by brohee 8y ago
"We estimate that the contribution of reptiles and amphibians to the total animal biomass is negligible, as we discuss in the SI Appendix."
It was pretty non intuitive, a lot easier to spot them than non domestic mammals.
- joveian 8y agoFrom the appendix, it sounds like amphibians at least may still outweigh humans. They guess 1 amphibian per square meter over the entire non-ice covered terrestrial surface to get .1 Gt C. Which puts the other weights into perspective... For reptiles, different estimates range from 0.00005 Gt C to .5 Gt C. They say their best guess is .003 Gt C (compared to .007 Gt C for wild mammals). Edit: I wonder if they might be somewhat underestimating the mass of rodents.