Carbon Balance and Management

Table 3 Transition matrices estimating change between fragmentation classes in km² from 2000 to 2005 (top) and from 2005 to 2010 (middle) and from 2010 to 2015 (bottom)

From: Using fragmentation to assess degradation of forest edges in Democratic Republic of Congo

Transition to (2005)
Transition from (2000)	Core	Inner edge	Outer edge	Patch	Nonforest	Total
Core	814,298	11,339	1425	11	751	827,824
Inner edge	0	79,574	1348	54	807	81,783
Outer edge			94,698	979	1670	97,347
Patch				34,539	604	35,143
Nonforest					1,305,354

Transition to (2010)
Transition from (2005)	Core	Inner edge	Outer edge	Patch	Nonforest	Total
Core	798,605	12,405	2196	40	1073	814,319
Inner edge		85,764	3100	216	1865	90,945
Outer edge			92,656	1874	2952	97,482
Patch				85,764	1085	86,849
Nonforest					1,309,186

Transition to (2015)
Transition from (2010)	Core	Inner edge	Outer edge	Patch	Nonforest	Total
Core	775,753	17,833	3087	61	1870	798,604
Inner edge		90,176	4765	460	2765	98,166
Outer edge			90,822	3065	4063	97,950
Patch				35,418	1209	36,627
Nonforest					1,316,162

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