A knowledge base was used to account from all possible to and from classes between two dates on the fragmentation maps . Each map below represents a five year time period. The change in fragmentation maps as shown at the far right highlight the effects of changes to the forest.
Red areas represent actual land cover change, for example, forest land cover to urban land cover.
The yellow highlights forested area that, according to the fragmentation model , have changed from the interior forest class to a fragmentation class. Change in Fragmentation Land Cover Forest Fragmentation Landsat TM Change in Fragmentation Urban Water Visit the Image Viewing Key for information on interpreting Landsat TM Imagery Urban or Non-woody Veg. Urban Non-woody Veg. All Fragmentation Class Wetland Transitional Forest Forest to Urban Barren Perforated Forest Forest to Non-woody Veg. Looking in the lower right quadrant of each image, it is easy to see the advancement of a residential development into an interior forest patch.