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... . The method proceeds in two-stages: a landscape characterization map is used to classify and rank units of the landscape according to relative risk, and can also be used to set priorities for effort and allocation of resources; a response curve expresses the hypothesized relationship between stressors (such as loss or modification of wetlands)
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  • characterization map

  • vertebrate populations
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  • landscape function
  • landscape perspective
  • population size


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