Talk:Biodiversity of South Africa

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Section sizes

Section size for Biodiversity of South Africa (47 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,145	2,145
Global context	2,006	2,982
Measuring diversity	976	976
Evolutionary history	4,377	4,377
Biological realms	23	7,381
Terrestrial (continental)	554	554
Inland aquatic	61	61
Estuarine	57	57
Marine	1,410	1,410
Coastal	4,333	4,333
Sub-Antarctic	943	943
Ecoregions	969	10,169
Terrestrial ecoregions	2,742	2,742
Marine ecoregions	3,422	3,422
Habitat types	2,372	3,036
Marine habitat types	664	664
Vegetation types	2,047	2,047
Endemism	568	2,241
Terrestrial	583	583
Marine	1,090	1,090
Centres of diversity	2,696	2,696
Genetic diversity	1,419	1,419
Hotspots	3,848	3,848
Species lists	876	10,009
Flora	1,572	1,572
Fauna	5,057	5,057
Fungi	1,259	2,110
History	851	851
Other eukaryotes	334	334
Prokaryotes	60	60
Threats	1,628	4,626
Human impacts	544	544
Climate change	1,196	1,196
Endangered species	745	745
Extinction	513	513
Economic value	548	548
Management	365	731
Responsibility	179	179
Sustainable use	187	187
Protection	106	834
Protected areas	728	728
Research	96	2,115
Research institutions	987	987
National Biodiversity Assessment	1,032	1,032
See also	48	48
References	31,709	56,113
Sources	24,404	24,404
Total	114,329	114,329

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