Forest Connectivity and Patch Size Metrics for the Northeast: Landscape-scale forest connectivity for the Northeast
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
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Using NLCD raster imputs, calculated the mean patch size and connectivity (contagion) using FragStats.
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- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Landscape-scale forest connectivity for the Northeast
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2001-01-01
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Using NLCD rasters, computed contagion through FragStats.
- dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Forest connectivity is an assessment of how connected large areas of forests are on the landscape. Forest blocks that are separated make it harder for animals and plants to move between patches. Forests with higher connectivity allow for the exchange of water and nutrients, movement of wildlife, dispersal, genetic interchange between populations, and long-distance range shifts of species, such as in response to climate change. Maintaining functional connectivity is critical as forests become more fragmented with urban expansion. Here, forest connectivity is measured using the “Contagion Index” calculated using FragStats software.
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- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Forest Connectivity and Patch Size Metrics for the Northeast: Landscape-scale forest connectivity for the Northeast, 2001-01-01
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/forestconnectivity/dataset/landscape-scale-forest-connectivity-for-northeast
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