Interpretation of Landscape Structure from Historic and Present Land Cover Datain the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan

摘要

The objective of this report was to: compile quantitative information, orlandscape metrics, to supplement existing qualitative descriptions of landtype associations in the study area, and compare the distribution of landscape measures among landtype association groups in historic and present landscapes. This study occurred in the context of a larger research project whereby historic and contemporary landscape variability was described and quantified, landscape change was assessed over a 150-year time period, cultural settlement patterns were assessed over a 3,000-year time period, and the landscape change was discussed in terms of the combination of biophysical and cultural factors.