Extended Data Fig. 3: Spatial scale and magnitude of edge effects caused by deforestation on AGBD and RH50.
From: Human degradation of tropical moist forests is greater than previously estimated
Average distribution of RH50 (panel a) and AGBD (panel b) of undisturbed forests (located at more than 120 metres from degraded forests) and all forests (including undisturbed and degraded forests) at various distances to the forest edge (agricultural and other land covers). The inset caption represents the degradation area due to fire (red curve) and selective logging (purple curve) calculated at various distances to the edge. The red dotted vertical line is placed at a distance equal to 350, 400, and 1500 m for America, Africa, and Asia, respectively, and corresponds to the distance between the forest edge and the point at which 95% of intact forest RH98 is reached (red horizontal dotted line). Vertical bars indicate the spatial standard deviation. F represents the F-Value in one-sided ANOVA and asterisks indicate the level of statistical significance for ANOVA: * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001, **** p ≤ 0.0001, ns stands for not significant. Tukey post-hoc tests are available in supplementary data. The number of GEDI sample footprints for each distance to the forest edge is reported in Supplementary Fig. 3.