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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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