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Table 12.2 Factor Analysis at the European scale including the five class level metrics for each
land-cover class 3

Non-irrigated arable
land

Complex cultivation
patterns Pastures

Factor1 Factor2 Factor1 Factor2 Factor1 Factor2

MPS_ha 0.930 0.260 0.900 0.336 0.735 -0.630

MPE 0.997 0.822 0.565 0.879 -0.471

MSI 0.905 0.385 0.501 0.844 0.980

MPAR -0.380 0.760 -0.762 0.326 0.808

MFRACT 0.515 0.854 -0.102 0.992 0.869 0.489

Agricult. land with natural. veg. Natural grasslands

Factor1 Factor2 Factor1 Factor2

MPS_ha 0.778 - 0.584 0.933 0.256

MPE 0.916 - 0.395 0.879 0.472

MSI 0.984 0.588 0.783

MPAR 0.808 -0.741 0.357

MFRACT 0.826 0.560 0.997

Fig. 12.3 Detail of the region “North Atlantic Arable Land” showing three statistical classes of
the perimeter of land-cover class “Arable Land” 4