Fig. 1: Forest disturbances in China’s forests from 1986 to 2020.
From: Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations
a The occurrence of disturbances across China’s forests, overlaid on the forested region (TC1986 > 20%, gray area). Inset in top left showed the TC1986 (see Methods), and insets 1–4 showed disturbances in a few exemplary regions. The Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), and Southwest (SW) regions were shown in red polygons. Years of disturbance were binned into 5 years for illustration purpose. For the annual disturbance map, refer to Data availability section. b–e are annual disturbance area and trends at national (back), NE (blue), SE (red), and SW (dark orange) regions, respectively. In b–e, disturbance area (1000 km2) and percent of forest disturbed (%) are shown in left and right Y-axis, respectively. The numbers indicated the trends of annual disturbed area (km2 yr−1) in different regions. Note the scale differences in b–e.
