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| a relatively homogeneous area in a landscape that differs form its surroundings, for examples, an area of forest surrounded by agricultural fields |
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| the landscape element within a landscape mosaic that is the most continuous spatially, for example the forest that surrounds the ssmall, isolated patches of meadow |
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| the size, shape, composition, number, and position of differnt paches, or landscape elements, within a landscape |
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| the exchange of materials, energy, or organisms among the patches, or elements, tha make up a landscape |
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| the ecosysms in a alndscape which generally form a mosaic of visually distinctive patches |
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