Different species prefer different landscape patterns, and it is unlikely that any single measure of fragmentation is relevant in all situations. Project participants did not reach agreement on a single measure.
Additional work is necessary.
The location and extent of forests intermingled with low-density housing development , as an indication of continuous human presence in forests. The number of forest patches of different sizes . How much of a region's forest is in patches of different sizes. Lands with greater housing density are not generally considered forests. A case study in the Mid-Atlantic region found almost 2 million forest patches 1.2 acres or less in size.