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The Influence of the “Mixed Pixel” Problem on the Detection of Analogous Forest Communities Between Presettlement and Present in Western New YorkFootnote

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Pages 182-196 | Received 01 Jun 2008, Accepted 01 Jul 2009, Published online: 12 Apr 2010
 

Abstract

We conducted a land change analysis to determine if the forest communities of presettlement and present contain areas that are analogous in composition, using surveys of the Holland Land Company (1797–1799) and U.S. Forest Service (1991–1993) from western New York. Gridded forest-type maps are produced from each survey using two models: a uniform model that assumes each data grid cell is occupied by a single forest type, and a mixture model in which grid cells are assumed to be occupied by multiple forest types in different proportions. The mixture model consistently detects a larger area of analogous communities in the two time periods at both global and local scales.

Llevamos a cabo un análisis de la transformación de la tierra para determinar si las comunidades forestales de antes del asentamiento humano y en el presente contienen áreas que sean análogas en composición, utilizando estudios hechos en el occidente de Nueva York por la Compañía Holland Land (1797–1799) y los del Servicio de Bosques de los EE.UU (1991–1993). A partir de cada uno de esos estudios, se generaron mapas reticulados tipo forestal mediante la aplicación de dos modelos: un modelo uniforme en el que se asume que cada celda de la rejilla de datos es ocupada por un solo tipo de bosque, y un modelo mixto en el cual las celdas de la rejilla se asumen ocupadas por múltiples tipos de bosque, en diferentes proporciones. El modelo mixto consistentemente detecta un área más grande de comunidades análogas en dos períodos de tiempo a escalas tanto globales como locales.

Notes

∗The authors would like to acknowledge support from NUS funding # R-109-000-060-012/133 and thank the three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on the article.

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