Ecosystem characteristics and land conversion rates.

Ecosystem structure characteristics of all plots, parsed by forest conversion pathway. Land area within the eastern Massachusetts study area includes all five counties in which we had study plots and is approximately 8,800 km2. Stem density and canopy cover estimates across all development types are area weighted based on the current areal extent of each development category. Land conversion rates were based on the difference in areal extent within each category between 1971 and 1999. Current values were generated from 2013 field and FIA data.