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Land cover proportions metric maps
Agricultural on slope metric maps
Diversity measurements metric maps
Forest patch metric maps

• Land cover proportions metric maps drop down menu •

Land cover proportions metric maps

Percent urban
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Percent forest
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Percent total agricultural
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Percent cropland
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Percent pasture
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Percent wetland
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Percent natural grassland
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Percent shrubland
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Percent barren
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Percent all natural land use
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Percent all human land use
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Percent all natural land use
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• Agricultural on slope metric maps drop down menu •

Agricultural on slope metric maps

Percent cropland on steep slopes
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Percent pasture on steep slopes
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Percent total agricultural on steep slopes
Quantile	Natural Breaks

• Diversity measurements metric maps drop down menu •

Diversity measurements metric maps

Shannon-Weiner diversity
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Standardized Shannon-Weiner diversity
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Simpson index
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Simple diversity
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• Forest patch metric maps drop down menu •

Forest patch metric maps

Number of forest patches
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Forest patch density
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Largest forest patch size
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Average forest patch size
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Proportion of largest forest patch to total forest area
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Percent 3 km grid cell defined as forest edge
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Percent 3 km grid cell defined as interior forest
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Proportion of forest edge area to total forest
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Probability of forest cell having neighboring forest cell
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Percent 3 km grid cell defined as patch forest
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Percent 3 km grid cell defined as transitional forest
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Percent 3 km grid cell defined as edge forest
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Percent 3 km grid cell defined as perforated forest
Quantile	Natural Breaks

Percent 3 km grid cell defined as interior forest
Quantile	Natural Breaks

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