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Landscape ecology

a fragmentation measure equal to the expected area reachable from a random point without crossing barriers.

In landscape ecology, effective mesh size refers to a fragmentation measure equal to the expected area reachable from a random point without crossing barriers. This meaning comes from Jaeger (2000) in Landscape Ecology.[1]

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References

Jaeger, J. A. G. (2000). Landscape division, splitting index, and effective mesh size: new measures of landscape fragmentation. Landscape Ecology, 15(2), 115-130. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1008129329289

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