Temperate Forest Monitoring from 2000 to 2005 Landsat Supplementary Data Landsat ETM+ (28.5 m spatial resolution) data were sampled and classified to derive area estimates of forest cover and change within the biome. Stratified sampling was implemented to enhance precision by allocating greater sampling effort to areas likely to exhibit change. The strata were determined based on the MODIS-derived forest cover loss hotspot map. The biome was partitioned into a sampling frame consisting of square blocks 18.5 km per side. The 500m forest cover loss hotspot map for 2000-2005 was aggregated per block, yielding percent change for each of the blocks within the biome. The stratum boundaries were chosen guided by the cumulative square root frequency rule and the sample size allocated to each change stratum was initially determined by optimal allocation (Cochran, 1977). Stratified sampling design. Stratum MODIS forest loss hotspot fraction Number of blocks sampled 1 0-0.25% 40 2 0.25-3% 40 3 >3% 40 Each Landsat sample block was classified using a supervised decision tree classifier to yield 2000 forest cover and 2000 to 2005 forest clearing areas. Forest was defined as greater than 25% canopy cover and change was measured without regard to forest land use. Sample block imagery and classification results can be viewed from this page. Africa Morocco, South 29.9° N 9.5° W Stratum 1 Morocco, Tensift 31.6° N 7.9° W Stratum 1 Asia China, Anhui 32.3° N 116.2° E Stratum 1 China, Hebei 38.4° N 115.0° E Stratum 1 China, Hebei 39.1° N 115.0° E Stratum 1 China, Heilongjiang 44.3° N 127.9° E Stratum 1 China, Heilongjiang 45.6° N 127.0° E Stratum 1 China, Henan 34.8° N 113.5° E Stratum 1 China, Jiangsu 34.4° N 118.7° E Stratum 1 China, Shandong 34.8° N 117.3° E Stratum 1 China, Sichuan 32.8° N 103.5° E Stratum 1 China, Sichuan 27.9° N 101.6° E Stratum 1 China, Zhejiang 29.8° N 121.6° E Stratum 2 Iran, Khorasan 37.1° N 56.3° E Stratum 1 Japan, Kyushu 32.6° N 131.4° E Stratum 2 Turkey, Erzincan 39.9° N 39.0° E Stratum 1 Turkey, Yozgat 39.8° N 35.2° E Stratum 1 Australian Area Australia, Queensland 26.8° S 152.6° E Stratum 2 Australia, South Australia 33.8° S 136.0° E Stratum 1 Australia, Victoria 37.1° S 148.0° E Stratum 2 Australia, Western Australia 34.9° S 116.8° E Stratum 2 Australia, Western Australia 32.3° S 122.3° E Stratum 3 Australia, Western Australia 30.9° S 120.7° E Stratum 3 Australia, Western Australia 32.1° S 120.7° E Stratum 3 Australia, Western Australia 33.1° S 122.8° E Stratum 3 Australia, Western Australia 33.3° S 120.7° E Stratum 3 New Zealand, Bay of Plenty 38.3° S 176.7° E Stratum 3 New Zealand, Canterbury 42.4° S 173.3° E Stratum 1 Europe Belarus, Vitebsk 55.6° N 27.9° E Stratum 1 France, Aquitaine 44.8° N 1.1° W Stratum 3 France, Champagne-Ardenne 48.3° N 4.9° E Stratum 2 Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz 49.3° N 8.3° E Stratum 1 Hungary, Baranya 46.1° N 18.1° E Stratum 1 Hungary, Bekes 46.9° N 21.1° E Stratum 1 Italy, Marche 43.9° N 12.8° E Stratum 1 Poland, Ostroleka 52.8° N 21.3° E Stratum 2 Portugal, Braganca 41.8° N 6.8° W Stratum 2 Portugal, Castelo Branco 39.9° N 7.9° W Stratum 3 Russia, Bryanskaya Oblast' 53.6° N 34.1° E Stratum 2 Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray 44.3° N 39.0° E Stratum 1 Russia, Moskovskaya Oblast' 55.1° N 38.9° E Stratum 1 Russia, Nizhegorodskaya Oblast' 55.6° N 43.8° E Stratum 1 Russia, Tverskaya Oblast' 57.9° N 34.7° E Stratum 1 Russia, Tverskaya Oblast' 57.4° N 34.5° E Stratum 2 Russia, Tverskaya Oblast' 56.6° N 31.3° E Stratum 2 Russia, Udmurtskaya Respublika 56.8° N 54.0° E Stratum 1 Russia, Vladimirskaya Oblast' 56.6° N 39.8° E Stratum 1 Russia, Vladimirskaya Oblast' 56.1° N 40.2° E Stratum 1 Serbia, Serbia 43.9° N 19.6° E Stratum 2 Serbia, Serbia 44.1° N 21.2° E Stratum 2 Slovakia, Vychodoslovensky 49.1° N 20.7° E Stratum 2 Slovenia, Slovenia 45.9° N 14.0° E Stratum 2 Spain, Andalucia 37.3° N 2.2° W Stratum 1 Spain, Andalucia 37.1° N 3.4° W Stratum 2 Spain, Aragon 41.3° N 1.9° W Stratum 1 Spain, Castilla y Leon 42.4° N 6.7° W Stratum 2 Spain, Castilla y Leon 42.3° N 3.3° W Stratum 2 Spain, La Rioja 42.3° N 3° W Stratum 2 Sweden, Hallands 56.4° N 13.4° E Stratum 2 United Kingdom, England 52.1° N 0.1° E Stratum 2 North America Canada, New Brunswick 47.1° N 67.2° W Stratum 3 Canada, Nova Scotia 45.1° N 62.4° W Stratum 3 Canada, Quebec 45.3° N 72.8° W Stratum 2 United States, Alabama 34.9° N 86.3° W Stratum 2 United States, Alabama 32.3° N 88.2° W Stratum 3 United States, Alabama 31.9° N 85.3° W Stratum 3 United States, Alabama 31.1° N 86.3° W Stratum 3 United States, Arkansas 34.8° N 92.6° W Stratum 3 United States, Arkansas 33.6° N 93.7° W Stratum 3 United States, Arkansas 34.1° N 92.1° W Stratum 3 United States, California 39.3° N 123.6° W Stratum 2 United States, California 34.3° N 117.2° W Stratum 3 United States, Connecticut 41.4° N 73.2° W Stratum 2 United States, Florida 28.3° N 82.2° W Stratum 2 United States, Florida 30.6° N 82.8° W Stratum 3 United States, Georgia 34.4° N 83.5° W Stratum 2 United States, Georgia 34.1° N 83.4° W Stratum 2 United States, Georgia 30.9° N 82.7° W Stratum 3 United States, Georgia 32.1° N 84.5° W Stratum 3 United States, Georgia 32.8° N 84.3° W Stratum 3 United States, Indiana 39.9° N 87.5° W Stratum 1 United States, Kentucky 36.8° N 85.4° W Stratum 2 United States, Louisiana 30.8° N 93.4° W Stratum 3 United States, Louisiana 30.4° N 93.4° W Stratum 3 United States, Louisiana 31.4° N 92.5° W Stratum 3 United States, Louisiana 32.6° N 92.5° W Stratum 3 United States, Louisiana 30.8° N 89.9° W Stratum 3 United States, Louisiana 30.8° N 90.5° W Stratum 3 United States, Louisiana 32.9° N 94° W Stratum 3 United States, Maine 43.3° N 70.8° W Stratum 1 United States, Maine 47.3° N 69.4° W Stratum 2 United States, Maine 45.1° N 68.3° W Stratum 2 United States, Minnesota 45.3° N 92.9° W Stratum 1 United States, Mississippi 31.9° N 89.4° W Stratum 3 United States, Mississippi 32.1° N 90.6° W Stratum 3 United States, New York 43.8° N 75.8° W Stratum 2 United States, Oklahoma 34.1° N 97.1° W Stratum 2 United States, Oregon 45.6° N 117.3° W Stratum 2 United States, Oregon 43.1° N 123.6° W Stratum 3 United States, Oregon 43.6° N 121.8° W Stratum 3 United States, Oregon 45.9° N 123.5° W Stratum 3 United States, Pennsylvania 41.4° N 78.6° W Stratum 1 United States, Pennsylvania 40.8° N 79.1° W Stratum 1 United States, South Carolina 33.9° N 79.4° W Stratum 2 United States, South Carolina 33.6° N 80.3° W Stratum 2 United States, Tennessee 35.1° N 85° W Stratum 2 United States, Tennessee 35.3° N 88.1° W Stratum 3 United States, Texas 30.6° N 95.9° W Stratum 3 United States, Texas 31.8° N 95° W Stratum 3 United States, Texas 31.1° N 93.7° W Stratum 3 United States, Texas 31.8° N 94° W Stratum 3 United States, Texas 30.4° N 94.4° W Stratum 3 United States, Texas 31.9° N 94.7° W Stratum 3 United States, Virginia 37.6° N 78.6° W Stratum 2 United States, Virginia 37.3° N 82.2° W Stratum 2 United States, Virginia 38.1° N 78.9° W Stratum 2 South America Argentina, Tierra Del Fuego 54.8° S 68.3° W Stratum 1 Chile, Bio-Bio 37.1° S 71.1° W Stratum 1 Chile, Magallanes y De La Antartica Chilena 54.1° S 69.2° W Stratum 1 Chile, Magallanes y De La Antartica Chilena 52.4° S 69.5° W Stratum 1