Table 1.

Main characteristics of the Azorean islands (bold) and native forest fragments sampled from 1999 to 2011, including area (hectares), highest point (altitude in metres), distance to the nearest island/fragment (isolation in kilometres) and the oldest geological age of emerged substrate (million years BP) (adapted from Gaspar et al. 2008).

Island	Fragment	Code	Area (ha)	Altitude (m)	Isolation (km)	Age (my)
Flores		FLO	14102	911	236.43	2.16
	Morro Alto e Pico da Sé	MO	1331	911	6.02	2.16
	Caldeiras Funda e Rasa	FR	240	773	6.02	2.16
Faial		FAI	17306	1043	34.26	0.73
	Caldeira do Faial	CA	190	934	4.67	0.73
	Cabeço do Fogo	CG	36	597	4.67	0.60
Pico		PIC	44498	2350	32.42	0.30
	Mistério da Prainha	MP	689	881	2.92	0.26
	Caveiro	CA	184	1077	4.61	0.27
	Lagoa do Caiado	LC	79	945	2.92	0.28
São Jorge		SJG	24365	1053	32.42	0.55
	Topo	TO	220	946	15.13	0.55
	Pico Pinheiro	PP	73	717	15.13	0.55
Terceira		TER	40030	1021	71.67	3.52
	S. Bárbara e M. Negros	SB	1347	1021	7.20	1.24
	Biscoito da Ferraria	BF	557	809	3.03	0.10
	Guilherme Moniz	GM	223	487	2.70	0.41
	Terra Brava	TB	180	726	2.70	0.10
	Pico do Galhardo	PG	38	655	2.79	0.10
São Miguel		SMG	74456	1105	97.53	4.01
	Pico da Vara	PV	306	1105	3.42	3.20
	Graminhais	GR	15	930	4.02	3.20
	Atalhada	AT	10	500	3.42	4.01