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A Critique of Patch-Based Landscape Indicators for Detection of Temporal Change in Fragmentation
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WICKHAM, J. D. AND K. H. Riitters. A Critique of Patch-Based Landscape Indicators for Detection of Temporal Change in Fragmentation. Presented at European IALE Conference 2009, Salzburg, AUSTRIA, July 12 - 16, 2009.
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Since O’Neill et al. (1988), analysis of landscape indicators based on measurements from land-cover maps has been a core area of research in landscape ecology. Landscape indicator research has focused on development of new measurements, statistical properties, and indictor behavior across a gradient of context (e.g., urban, rural). Habitat fragmentation has been a strong motivating force for landscape indicator development, and island biogeography theory (McArthur and Wilson 1967) has been the main conceptual model underpinning their development (see Laurance 2008). Average patch size, inter-patch distance, and related measurements are commonly used landscape indicators because of the strong link to island biogeography theory.