Influence of land cover features on avian community and potential conservation priority areas for biodiversity at a Ramsar site in India

Ecological Processes

Table 5 Areas (km²) of land cover types falling under higher and lower than mean species diversity and top 10% conservation priority areas in EKW

Land cover	Lower than mean species diversity (< 2.262)	Higher than mean species diversity (> 2.262)	Top 10% conservation priority area
Wetlands	17.80	19.22	2.75
Emergent vegetation	6.92	11.01	2.75
Agricultural field	7.89	13.14	0.56
Tree cover	2.67	3.48	0.01
Human-settlements	10.25	13.83	2.75
Barren lands	0.90	0.93	0.23
Dikes and banks	4.96	7.58	2.75
Fallow lands	2.71	4.96	1.02
Total	54.09	74.15	12.82