Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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

Abstract

    Using NLCD raster imputs, calculated the mean patch size and connectivity (contagion) using FragStats.

Keywords

  • forest connectivity, northeastern forests,

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    • Title: Landscape-scale forest connectivity for the Northeast
    • Start Date: 2001-01-01
    • Description: Using NLCD rasters, computed contagion through FragStats.

    • Purpose: 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.

    • Condensed Title: Z1237_2802_GNX2QK

    • Object Name: VMC.1237.2802

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Forest Connectivity and Patch Size Metrics for the Northeast: Landscape-scale forest connectivity for the Northeast, 2001-01-01

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/forestconnectivity/dataset/landscape-scale-forest-connectivity-for-northeast

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      Attribute Name: CONTAGION
      • Label: CONTAGION
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Region
      • Label: Region
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: State
      • Label: State
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: YEAR
      • Label: YEAR
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: _CONTAGION
      • Label: _CONTAGION
      • Storage Type: decimal

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