Table 2 Number of MARAS monitoring plots installed in Patagonia by February 10th 2020 (Initial assessment) in each Biozone20 (regional monitoring unit), number of monitoring plots that were re-evaluated once (Second Assessment), or re-evaluated a second time (Third Assessment) and total number of assessments performed.

From: The MARAS dataset, vegetation and soil characteristics of dryland rangelands across Patagonia

Biozones

Assessments

Total

Initial

Second

Third

Austral Monte Shrubland

65

34

1

100

Central Plateau

141

74

4

219

Dry Magellan Steppe

25

16

2

43

Golfo San Jorge Shrubland

11

10

 

21

Humid Magellan Steppe

37

8

1

46

Junellia Shrubland

33

18

1

52

Oriental Monte Shrubland

21

16

1

38

Península Valdez Region

2

2

 

4

Subandean grasslands

27

19

6

52

West Plateaus Shrublands

64

50

7

121

Total

426

247

23

696