Appendix 5

Appendix 5

Table A5.1 Mosaic description based on patch and landscape variables during 2007 and 2008 in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina.

Values are mean ± SE in ().

Scale Variable Description Mosaic I Mosaic II Mosaic III

Patch Measured on the 45 patches of forest

D_Arb Mean tree density (indiv/ha) 355.49 (±36.35)^a 451.18 (±24.73)^a 166.05 (±28.90)^b D_arb Mean shrub density (indiv/ha) 528.47 (±84.21) 462.30 (±79.18) 288.77 (±46.48) A_Arb Mean tree height (m) 4.44 (±0.18)^a 5.39 (±0.18)^b 4.83 (±0.22)^ab DBH Mean diameter at breast height 15.76 (±0.92) 17.04 (±0.87) 15.94 (±0.97)

PA Patch area (ha) 33.73 (±7.20) 48.55(±11.75) 29.21 (±7.41)

SI Shape index 1.35 (±0.05)^a 1.45 (±0.08)^a 1.63 (±0.09)^b

FD Mean patch fractal dimension 1.26 (±0.01)^a 1.26 (±0.01)^a 1.29 (±0.01)^b

DistLoc Mean linear distance to nearest

settlement (m) 8923.8 (±1138.33) 4869.73 (±657.08) 7104.33 (±1213.52) Landscape

(Forest class)

Measured on the 18 sub-landscapes

FA Total cover of forest areas (ha) 5617.21 (±410.33)^a 2308.67 (±295.69)^ab 303.58 (±134.50)^b NP Total number of forest patches 24.58 (±2.82)^ab 39.50 (±5.36)^a 17.33 (±5.26)^b PA Mean area of forest patches (ha) 253.95 (±40.03)^a 64.36 (±12.85)^ab 15.12 (±4.19)^b ED Edge density (m/ha) 53.27 (±4.02)^a 110.06 (±16.26)^ab 368.76 (±81.84)^b

SI Shape index 2.09 (±0.08)^a 2.18 (±0.11)^a 4.18 (±0.69)^b

FD Fractal dimension 1.10 (±0.01)^a 1.10 (±0.01)^a 1.16 (±0.01)^b

PARA Area-perimeter ratio 1167.49 (±343.40) 450.17 (±79.80) 664.97 (±135.34) ENN Mean euclidean distance among

forest patches (m) 57.83 (±7.83)^a 157.14 (±112.19)^b 833.22 (±395.73)^b

COH Forest patch cohesion 99.94 (±0.03)^a 99.71 (±0.05)^a 99.11 (±0.15)^b

AI Aggregation index 99.33 (±0.05)^a 98.60 (±0.23)^ab 93.82 (±1.92)^b

Landscape (all class)

Measured on the 18 sub-landscapes

2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008

CO Contagion

54.31 (±2.71)

56.91 (±2.07)^a

52.12 (±1.22)

46.02 (±1.42)^b

54.09 (±1.35)

44.52 (±0.54)^b IJI Interspersion and Juxtaposition 59.22

(±1.04)

67.44 (±1.82)

62.46 (±0.91)

70.59 (±20.05)

60.49 (±1.95)

67.46 (±1.04) PR Class richness in landscape

10.50 (±0.22)

9.50 (±0.22)

10.50 (±0.34)

9.50 (±0.22)

9.50 (±0.43)

9.33 (±0.33)

a and ^b indicate statistical differences of variables between mosaics. Means with a common letter are not significantly different (P >

0.05) by Kruskal Wallis test.