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Local Connectedness estimates the degree of connectedness of a cell with its surroundings within a three km radius. The method used to map local connectedness for the region was resistant kernel analysis, developed and run by Brad Compton using software developed by the UMASS CAPS program (umasscaps.org). The theoretical spread of a species or process outward from a focal cell is a function of the resistance values of the neighboring cells and their distance from the focal cell out to a maximum distance of three kilometers.The values for this dataset are standardized normalized. A mean score is 0, +1000 is one standard deviation +2000 is two standard deviations, -2000 is negitive two standard deviations. |