MEAN PATCH SIZE (MPS)
North Amazonia
Biome
Native
Vegetation
Classes
South Amazonia
Cerrado
Fragmented Native
Vegetation by 2007
(ha)
Ratio of
MPS
reduction
A
195,441
395
C
51,886
4,086
13
D
10,298
567
18
F
131,269
901
146
P
7,299
1,726
4
SN
3,851
274
14
SO
58,148
57,960
1
S
22,477
478
47
49,427
619
80
C
12,132
119
102
F
72,293
190
380
P
1,429
257
6
S
15,324
250
61
ST
30,446
702
43
29,195
219
133
A
3,424
322
11
C
25,683
95
272
D
1,424
475
3
MPS at
landscape
level
Pantanal
Native
Vegetation
(ha)
MPS at
landscape
level
494.6
F
14,526
549
26
P
6,537
1,112
6
SN
35,704
301
SO
11,968
3,438
S
321,658
287
1120
MPS at
landscape
level
75,142
304
247
C
6,469
310
21
F
8,176
658
12
S
36,390
590
62
T
16,550
16,534
1
MPS at
landscape
level
23,278
593
39
119
3
Table S5. Comparison of Mean Patch Size (MPS) of native vegetation classes and their
fragments by 2007. Forest classes are shadowed. A- Ombrophylous Open Forest; CSeasonal Deciduous Forest; D-Ombrophylous Dense Forest; F-Seasonal Semideciduous
Forest; SN-Contact zone Savanna / Seasonal Forest; SO-Contact zone Savanna /
Ombrophylous Forest; S-Savanna; ST-Contact zone Savanna/ Steppe-like Savanna; STContact zone Savanna/ Steppe-like Savanna; T-Steppe-like Savanna; P-Pioneer Formation.