Landscape disturbance impacts on Attalea butyracea palm distribution in central Panama

Table 1. 2012 Panama land cover categories

Original assigned category^a		Consolidated	Total area		Masked area^b		Palms
2012		Consolidated	km²	%	km²	%	#	%
Bosque latifoliado mixto maduro	Mixed mature broadleaf forest	Mature forest	0.67	0.22	0.53	0.23	125	0.25
Bosque latifoliado mixto secundario	Mixed secondary broadleaf forest	Secondary/planted forest (established)	78.72	26.18	59.50	25.30	16,521	32.42
Bosque plantado de coníferas	Conifer planted forest	Secondary/planted forest (established)	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.01	3	0.01
Bosque plantado de latifoliadas	Hardwood planted forest	Secondary/planted forest (established)	1.04	0.35	0.70	0.30	94	0.18
Rastrojo y vegetación arbustiva	Vegetation regrowth and Bushes	Secondary/planted forest (new growth)	6.52	2.17	5.51	2.34	1593	3.13
Maíz	Corn	Food crops	0.12	0.04	0.12	0.05	1	0.00
Piña	Pineapple	Food crops	6.31	2.10	3.79	1.61	298	0.58
Pasto	Pasture	Pasture	164.02	54.56	130.42	55.45	24,169	47.43
Superficie del agua	Surface water	Secondary/planted forest (riparian)	33.45	11.13	26.43	11.24	7126	13.98
Área poblada	Populated area	Built environment	9.39	3.12	7.86	3.34	1016	1.99
Infraestructura	Infrastructure	Built environment	0.37	0.12	0.34	0.14	9	0.02
		Total	300.65		235.22		50,955

^aLand cover categories assigned by the Panamanian Ministry of the Environment (MiAmbiente), formerly La Autoridad Nacional de Ambiente de Panama (ANAM)
^bThere was no significant difference between masked area and total area in any category

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