Fig. 2: Distribution of disturbance patterns based on total areas covered.
From: Landscape patterns in stand-replacing disturbances across the world’s forests
a, Relative importance of disturbance patterns. To reflect the contribution of each patch type within a grid cell based on areal dominance, we used a cyan–magenta–yellow–key (black) colour scheme (CMYK), with the percentage of each patch type added as a percentage of colour in the CMYK space. We used black for large-multiyear, cyan for complex, magenta for clustered and yellow for small-isolated patterns. No forest mask is applied. b, Shannon diversity index in disturbance patterns based on cover percentage. No forest mask is applied. Most of Africa is characterized by a high diversity index compared with other regions.
