Table 4 Temporal changes in forest fragmentation at landscape level from 1979 to 2013
From: Geospatial analysis of forest fragmentation in Uttara Kannada District, India
Fragment type | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | |
Patch | 3711.73 | 0.36 | 13368.35 | 1.30 | 18043.33 | 1.75 | 30,618 | 2.98 |
Transitional | 20369.03 | 1.98 | 33833.24 | 3.29 | 40884.58 | 3.97 | 59,435 | 5.78 |
Edge | 75281.05 | 7.32 | 123490.4 | 12.00 | 168266.32 | 16.35 | 179,870 | 17.48 |
Perforated | 18517.00 | 1.80 | 14150.94 | 1.38 | 11434.67 | 1.11 | 8909 | 0.87 |
Interior | 662909.2 | 64.42 | 548849.8 | 53.33 | 419248.5 | 40.74 | 263,643 | 25.62 |
Non-forest area | 248297.99 | 24.13 | 295393.27 | 28.7 | 371208.6 | 36.07 | 486,611 | 47.3 |
Total area | 1,029,086 | |||||||