Table 3 Temporal forest fragmentation (area in km2). Change percentage represented by ‘a’ means the highly inflated figure due to very small denominator.
Fragmentation class | 1930 | 1975 | 2000 | 2020 | Change 1930–1975 | % Change (1930–1975) | Change 1975–2000 | % Change (1975–2000) | Change 2000–2020 | % Change (2000–2020) | Change 1930–2020 | % Change (1930–2020) | % Change (1975–2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patch | 0.16 | 157.11 | 165.69 | 210.85 | 156.95 | a | 8.58 | 5.46 | 45.16 | 27.26 | 210.7 | a | 34.21 |
Edge | 1086.55 | 2825.61 | 2910.84 | 3279.62 | 1739.06 | 160.05 | 85.23 | 3.02 | 368.78 | 12.67 | 2193.07 | 201.84 | 16.07 |
Perforated | 0.67 | 1876.53 | 1430.23 | 1693.21 | 1875.86 | a | − 446.3 | − 23.78 | 262.97 | 18.39 | 1692.54 | a | − 9.77 |
Core1 | 42.18 | 422.32 | 474.32 | 509.25 | 380.14 | 901.23 | 52 | 12.31 | 34.93 | 7.36 | 467.07 | 1107.33 | 20.58 |
Core2 | 49.34 | 157.51 | 182.84 | 207.65 | 108.17 | 219.23 | 25.34 | 16.08 | 24.81 | 13.57 | 158.31 | 320.86 | 31.83 |
Core3 | 23,136.67 | 15,881.84 | 14,889.4 | 13,168.56 | − 7254.83 | − 31.36 | − 992.44 | − 6.25 | − 1720.84 | − 11.56 | − 9968.11 | − 43.08 | − 17.08 |
Total | 24,315.56 | 21,320.92 | 20,053.32 | 19,069.14 | − 2994.64 | − 12.32 | − 1267.6 | − 5.95 | − 984.19 | − 4.91 | − 5246.42 | − 21.58 | − 10.56 |
