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FRAGSTATS Documentation |
| This page contains links to all FRAGSTATS documentation, including background material, user guidelines, and a description of the metrics. |
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| Background
Material --This document provides a brief overview of landscape
pattern metrics as they are commonly applied in landscape ecology,
as well as some key terms and concepts essential to using FRAGSTATS
for quantifying landscape patterns. An understanding of the material
in this section is prerequisite to the proper use of FRAGSTATS.
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| User
Guidelines --This document provides an overview of the FRAGSTATS
software, including a detailed description of the technical information
required to parameterize and run FRAGSTATS via the graphical user
interface. All FRAGSTATS users should read this prior to using the
software.
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| FRAGSTATS Metrics
-- This document provides a description of the metrics computed in
FRAGSTATS. Metrics are grouped according to the component of pattern
they measure and into patch, class, and landscape metrics. Each metric
is given in mathematical terms and described in narrative terms, and
the measurement units and theoretical range in values are reported.
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Note, the information contained
in this documentation is identical to that available in the on-line
Help system available from the FRAGSTATS Help menu.
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For more information, please contact:
Dr. Kevin McGarigal
Department of Natural Resources Conservation
University of Massachusetts
304 Holdsworth Natural Resources Center
Box 34210
Amherst, MA 01003
Fax: (413) 545-4358
Phone: (413) 577-0655
Email: mcgarigalk@forwild.umass.edu