![Structure](../../images/conceptsmenu/structure.gif) ![Features](../../images/conceptsmenu/features.gif)
![Patches](../../images/conceptsmenu/patches.gif)
![Characteristics](../../images/conceptsmenu/charact.gif)
![Geometry](../../images/conceptsmenu/geometry.gif)
![Matrix](../../images/conceptsmenu/matrix.gif) ![Corridors](../../images/conceptsmenu/corridors.gif) ![Measurements](../../images/conceptsmenu/measur.gif) ![Appearance](../../images/conceptsmenu/appearance.gif)
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Patch Formation
Patches are formed as a result of complex interactions
between physical, biological and anthropogenic
processes (Turner
et al., 1991). Underlying landscape features such as climate,
terrain, soil, water and biota interact with disturbance to form a
hierarchy of patches of different size and origin.
This will be discussed in more detail in the section on Landscape
Change and Dynamics
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Inside a patch 46kb
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