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. 2012 Aug 29;7(8):e43943. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043943

Table 3. Top ten municipalities with the greatest net gain (+) and net loss (−) of woody vegetation between 2001 and 2010.

Municipality State Ecoregion Municipality Area(km2) Net Change (km2) Woody (R) (p-value) % Change
Cumaribo Vichada Caquetá Moist 65,568 +1,065 0.79 0.005 3
Tibú N. Santander Mag-Urabá Moist 2,680 +638 0.87 0.0008 45
Uribia La Guajira Guajira Xeric 7,890 +589 0.67 0.03 2,148
Maguí Nariño Chocó-Darién Moist 1,634 +394 0.66 0.03 62
Medio Baudó Chocó Chocó-Darién Moist 1,428 +344 0.63 0.04 56
Lloró Chocó Chocó-Darién Moist 802 +322 0.74 0.05 108
Sardinata N. Santander Mag-Urabá Moist 1,454 +211 0.78 0.007 26
Rioviejo Bolívar Mag-Urabá Moist 1,284 +178 0.64 0.04 40
San Benito Abad Sucre Mag-Urabá Moist 1,520 +164 0.83 0.002 447
Tiquisio Bolívar Mag-Urabá Moist 773 +134 0.62 0.05 52
La Macarena Meta Caquetá Moist 10,756 −712 −0.62 0.05 −17
Arauquita Arauca Apure-Villavicencio 3,218 −471 −0.63 0.04 −29
Tame Arauca Apure-Villavicencio 5,433 −409 −0.74 0.01 −17
Remedios Antioquia Northern Andean 2,045 −384 −0.87 0.001 −27
Mapiripán Meta Llanos 12,018 −359 −0.75 0.01 −5
Puerto Gaitán Meta Llanos 17,397 −199 −0.83 0.002 −10
Fortul Arauca Cordillera Oriental 1,067 −126 −0.84 0.03 −24
Trinidad Casanare Llanos 2,973 −121 −0.74 0.01 −26
San Luis de Palenque Casanare Llanos 3,005 −104 −0.61 0.05 −27
Segovia Antioquia Northern Andean 1,154 −103 −0.83 0.002 −10

Columns show area, net change, correlation coefficient (R), p-value, and the percentage of change of the top ten municipalities with greatest net gain and loss between 2001 and 2010.