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U.S. Forest Service Landscape Mosaic Pattern

Dates

Creation
2016-05-27 20:10:25
Last Update
2017-07-12 18:08:24
Start Date
2009-01-01 13:39:37

Citation

UNC Asheville-NEMAC(Principal Investigator), Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative(administrator), 2016-05-27(creation), 2017-07-12(lastUpdate), U.S. Forest Service Landscape Mosaic Pattern, https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5748a9b1e4b07e28b664dd8a?community=Appalachian+Landscape+Conservation+Cooperative

Summary

The Landcover Mosaic map (LCM) can be used to answer the question: What is the mixture of agricultural/urban/natural landcover types surrounding a given land parcel?Researchers at the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station have utilized the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) to calculate a suite of land cover and forest fragmentation metrics at landscape scales. These datasets yield rich spatial information about urbanization, its effects on forests, and how urban areas interface and mix with rural, agricultural, and forest landscapes.The Landcover Mosaic Map (Landscape Mosaic Pattern) illustrates the mixture of agricultural, developed, and semi-natural land cover types within 15-hectare neighborhoods (about 37 acres).For more [...]

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Purpose

The Landcover Mosaic map (LCM) can be used to answer the question: What is the mixture of agricultural/urban/natural landcover types surrounding a given land parcel?
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Communities

  • Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative
  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

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