Table 1.
Description of landscape and site‐scale variables
| Variables | Definition | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape variable | |||
| Farm type | Agroforestry | — | Approximately ≥5‐year‐old cocoa plantations with large shade trees of 1–4 km2 |
| Monoculture plantations up to 5 years | |||
| Fallow | Abandoned farmlands >5 years with large trees retained on them | ||
| Site‐scale variable | |||
| Vegetation variable | Percentage shrub cover | Percent | Understory foliage projected cover of small plants and young trees |
| Density of large trees | Number/ha | Number of trees with DBH ≥30–60 cm per hectare (ha) | |
| Percentage canopy cover | Percent | % of fixed area covered by crowns of each tree when observed from above | |
| Percentage ground cover | Percent | Lower level plants, litter, bare ground | |
| Flowering trees | Count | Total of all flowering plants (shrubs, trees) | |
| Fruiting trees | Count | Total of all fruiting plants (shrubs, trees) | |
| Patch size | km2 | Size of individual forest patches | |