Landscape fragmentation per capita (as the ratio of effective mesh density to

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Created : Sep 23, 2011 Published : Sep 23, 2011 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:41 AM

Topics: Land use ,

Map shows the level of fragmentation per capita for FG-B2 in the 28 countries investigated

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23 Sep 2011

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Temporal coverage:

2009

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fragmentation report 2011 | fragmentation | landscape | density

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Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

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The objective of this task is calculate “effective mesh size” as indicator of landscape fragmentation. Effective mesh size (Meff) is proportional to the probability of two points chosen randomly in region being connected. This probability is then converted into the size of a patch – the effective mesh size. The unit of Meff is that of area (e.g. Ha). This area corresponds to the size of “meshes” of regular network that has the same degree of fragmentation and it can be compared with the values of Meff from other regions. The smaller the effective mesh size, the more fragmented the landscape.