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Title: The Spatiotemporal Variations of Forest Fragmentation and Its Driving Factors in Wisconsin Communities and the Effects of Land Use Planning on Forest Fragmentation

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: The existing forest fragmentation studies have limited contributions and connections to land use planning because they frequently neglect the effects of land use planning on forest fragmentation and they rarely present municipality-specific results or solutions to planners. In this study, I examine the state of forest fragmentation in 2011 and the short-term change of forest fragmentation from 2001–2011 in the State of Wisconsin at the municipality level, as well as the driving factors that contribute to them. The results suggest that Wisconsin municipalities have experienced significant forest fragmentation. Moreover, there is remarkable spatial heterogeneity in the relationships between forest fragmentation and the selected socioeconomic, geophysical, proximity, community characteristics, and policy factors. Much of the spatially varying effects of these factors can be credited to the natural variations in the distribution of Wisconsin forest resources and topographic features, the urban-rural distinctions, and the local planning efforts. These factors also show temporally varying effects because they drive long-term and short-term forest fragmentation changes differently. In . . .

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Authors: Yan, Zhang

Institution: University of Wisconsin

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Natural Resource Management, Other

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