Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Forest Connectivity and Patch Size Metrics for the Northeast: Forest patch statistics 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 patch, habitat connectivity, NLCD, patch size,

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    Data Table

    • Title: Forest patch statistics for the Northeast
    • Start Date: 1992-01-01
    • Description: Using NLCD rasters, computed statistics on forest patches with FragStats

    • Purpose: Determining mean patch size and connectivity using NLCD rasters.

    • Condensed Title: Z1237_2484_0O7INV

    • Object Name: VMC.1237.2484

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: (2019) Forest patch statistics. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/forestconnectivity/dataset/forest-patch-statistics

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/forestconnectivity/dataset/forest-patch-statistics

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: AREA_MEAN
      • Label: AREA_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: AREA_MEDIAN
      • Label: AREA_MEDIAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: AREA_RANGE
      • Label: AREA_RANGE
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: AREA_SD
      • Label: AREA_SD
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Label: AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: GYRATE_AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Label: GYRATE_AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: GYRATE_MEAN
      • Label: GYRATE_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: GYRATE_MEDIAN
      • Label: GYRATE_MEDIAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: GYRATE_RANGE
      • Label: GYRATE_RANGE
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: GYRATE_SD
      • Label: GYRATE_SD
      • 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: TYPE
      • Label: TYPE
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: YEAR
      • Label: YEAR
      • Storage Type: date
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: YYYY
      Attribute Name: _AREA_MEAN
      • Label: _AREA_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _AREA_RANGE
      • Label: _AREA_RANGE
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _AREA_SD_
      • Label: _AREA_SD_
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Label: _AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _GYRATE_AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Label: _GYRATE_AREA_WEIGHTED_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _GYRATE_MEAN
      • Label: _GYRATE_MEAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _GYRATE_MEDIAN
      • Label: _GYRATE_MEDIAN
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _GYRATE_RANGE
      • Label: _GYRATE_RANGE
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _GYRATE_SD
      • Label: _GYRATE_SD
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: _TYPE_
      • Label: _TYPE_
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal

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