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Landscape Condition in Alaska

Landscape Ecology

Map of the Landscape Condition in Alaska

As a measure of potential human impact, the impacts of current anthropogenic development are summarized in a 60 x 60 m grid by the landscape condition model (LCM). The LCM weighs the relative influence of different types of human footprints based on factors like permanence, nature of the activity, etc. Permanent human modification is weighted the highest, while temporary use receive less weight. Intensive land uses like mining are also weighted higher than less intensive land uses like trails. These weights are summed across the landscape and coalesced into a single surface identifying how impacted a given area is due to human modification. Categories of human impacts included in this analysis are transportation infrastructure, urban and industrial development, and invasive species. Distance decay values are assigned to each impact such that the impact declines with increasing distance from infrastructure. Human impacts of each type are merged according to MIN rules to create a final dataset. This analysis is intended to identify the current level of human impact in the state. The output for landscape condition is a relative scale from 1 to 5, with values of 5 representing "Very High" landscape condition and values of 1 representing "Very Low" landscape condition.

AK Landscape Condition[AK Landscape

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landscape condition
anthropogenic
landscape integrity
landscape intactness
development
FieldValue
Modified
2019-05-16
Release Date
2018-02-26
Frequency
Irregularly
Identifier
98ba6a88-f122-4a95-8ee8-ffbe8c77f288
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
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Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Alaska, USA
Language
English (United States)
License
Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Granularity
60 m
Author
Alaska Center for Conservation Science
Contact Name
Jamie Trammell
Contact Email
ejtrammell@alaska.edu
Public Access Level
Public