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Table. 3 Dimensions (km2) and relative portions (%) of different forest categories and landscape units in the study area at present (actual forest area) and in 1986, prior to the large forest fires

From: Geoecological parameters indicate discrepancies between potential and actual forest area in the forest-steppe of Central Mongolia

  

Actual forest area

Burnt forest

Forest distribution in 1986

Steppe

 

Forest-size class

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Absolute area of landscape type (km2)

Steppe-dominated area

        

Interior

4.74

18.25

21.51

7.29

3.88

5.59

19.65

22.90

7.92

1042.29

Edge

11.07

12.33

7.65

1.69

10.28

16.19

6.92

1.37

Ratio I/E

0.43

1.48

2.81

4.32

 

0.54

1.21

3.31

5.80

 

Forest-dominated area

        

Interior

12.66

82.93

144.04

440.35

115.25

13.90

87.52

120.78

606.55

1907.62

Edge

43.55

52.56

44.21

107.34

32.10

42.10

32.12

105.36

Ratio I/E

0.29

1.58

3.26

4.10

 

0.43

2.08

3.76

5.76

 

High-mountain area

        

Interior

1.73

7.51

6.40

 

693.33

3.74

29.70

65.66

491.08

1021.74

Edge

13.06

6.73

2.32

 

10.70

15.92

20.71

93.56

Ratio I/E

0.13

1.12

2.76

  

0.35

1.87

3.17

5.25

 

Alluvial forest

3.98

3.42

1.09

 

0.05

2.74

2.74

2.74

 

485.74

Dune

     

0.01

   

27.28

Relative proportion of landscape type (%)

Steppe-dominated area

        

Interior

0.07

0.29

0.34

0.11

0.06

0.09

0.31

0.36

0.12

16.40

Edge

0.17

0.19

0.12

0.03

0.16

0.25

0.11

0.02

Sum

0.25

0.48

0.46

0.14

 

0.25

0.56

0.47

0.15

 

Forest-dominated area

        

Interior

0.20

1.30

2.27

6.93

1.81

0.22

1.38

1.90

9.54

30.02

Edge

0.69

0.83

0.70

1.69

0.51

0.66

0.51

1.66

Sum

0.88

2.13

2.96

8.62

 

0.72

2.04

2.41

11.20

 

High-mountain area

        

Interior

0.03

0.12

0.10

 

10.91

0.06

0.47

1.03

7.73

16.08

Edge

0.21

0.11

0.04

 

0.17

0.25

0.33

1.47

Sum

0.23

0.22

0.14

  

0.23

0.72

1.36

9.20

 

Alluvial forest

0.13

  

0.001

0.04

0.07

0.02

 

7.64

Dune

         

0.43