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FIGURE S. Black-and-white reproduction of colour mosaic assembled mainly from
MSS composite 9 (combination of bands 5 3 6 and 7) images obtained
from October to April .
geographic units sustaining characteristic communities of tree species.
The same procedure was followed by a third interpreter using the
cloud-free portion of a NQAA-2 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration) satellite image, at a scale of approximately 1:10,000,000,
obtained in March, 1973 (Fig. 4).
No attempt was made to describe the forest types delineated. The
prints available did not provide sufficient information for reliable
descriptions.
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