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Mean Patch Size

Mean Patch Size is a landscape metric that quantifies the average area of individual habitat patches within a fragmented landscape, calculated by dividing the total area of all patches by the number of patches.

162

Publications

9.5K

Citations

471

Authors

243

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

35

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Publications

162

HABITAT LOSS AND POPULATION DECLINE: A META-ANALYSIS OF THE PATCH SIZE EFFECT

Darren J. Bender, Thomas A. Contreras, Lenore Fahrig · Ecology · 1998 · 865 citations

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Honeybee foraging in differentially structured landscapes

Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Arno Kühn · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 497 citations · Full text

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LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY AT DIFFERING SCALES: EFFECTS ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MULE DEER

John G. Kie, R. Terry Bowyer, Matthew C. Nicholson et al. · Ecology · 2002 · 387 citations

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Direct evidence of a biophysical retention mechanism for coral reef fish larvae

Claire B. Paris, Robert K. Cowen · Limnology and Oceanography · 2004 · 358 citations

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Landscape and Edge Effects on the Distribution of Mammalian Predators in Missouri

William D. Dijak, Frank R. Thompson · Journal of Wildlife Management · 2000 · 272 citations

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Authors

471

  1. LF
    Lenore Fahrig

    Carleton University, Canada

    3 publications · 976 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. JG
    John G. Kie

    Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States

    2 publications · 411 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. MM
    Mikko Mönkkönen

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    2 publications · 216 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. KS
    Knut Sivertsen

    UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

    2 publications · 109 citations

    2

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  5. MZ
    Míkel Zabala

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    2 publications · 175 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

243

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    355 citations

  2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    306 citations

  3. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    278 citations

  5. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    443 citations

  6. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Carbondale, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    456 citations

  7. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    198 citations

  8. Pacific Northwest Research Station

    Portland, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    443 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

    6

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  2. Remote Sensing

    5 publications · 156 citations

    5

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  3. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

    4 publications · 291 citations

    4

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  4. Sustainability

    3 publications · 130 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Conservation Biology

    3 publications · 255 citations

    3

    h-index

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