Table 3 Palm and palm cluster distribution and density by land disturbance gradient
From: Landscape disturbance impacts on Attalea butyracea palm distribution in central Panama
Land cover | Palms | Palm Clusters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distribution | Density | Distribution | Density | |||||
km2 | % | N | % | N/km2 | N | % | N/km2 | |
Mature forest | 0.53 | 0.23 | 125 | 0.25 | 235.85 | 1 | 0.29 | 1.89 |
Secondary/planted forest | 92.16 | 39.18 | 25,337 | 49.72‡ | 274.92 | 173 | 50.58‡ | 1.88 |
New growth (≤ 5 years) | 5.51 | 2.34 | 1593 | 3.13 | 289.11 | 9 | 2.63 | 1.63 |
Established (> 5 years) | 60.22 | 25.60 | 16,618 | 32.61† | 275.95 | 135 | 39.47‡ | 2.24 |
Riparian zone | 26.43 | 11.24 | 7126 | 13.98 | 269.62 | 29 | 8.48 | 1.10 |
Pasture | 130.42 | 55.45 | 24,169 | 47.43† | 185.32 | 164 | 47.95 | 1.26 |
Food crops | 3.91 | 1.66 | 299 | 0.59† | 76.47 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
Built environment | 8.20 | 3.49 | 1025 | 2.01 | 125.00 | 3 | 0.88† | 0.37 |
Total | 235.22 | 50,955 | 342 | |||||