Breeding Bird Relationships to Landscape Metrics in Coastal Plain Georgia
Table 3
Landscape summary metricsa of each class type for all selected partial Breeding Bird Survey routes in Coastal Plain Georgia during 1996–1998.
Hardwood forest
Hydric hardwood
Clearcut
Pasture/hay
Mixed forest
Managed pine
Longleaf pine
Shrub
Metric
Buffer (km)
0
SE
0
SE
0
SE
0
SE
0
SE
0
SE
0
SE
0
SE
PLAND (%)
0.5
6.4
0.7
11.1
1.1
8.1
0.9
3.5
0.6
3.2
0.4
25.4
1.9
0.1
0.0
1.5
0.5
PLAND (%)
1
6.9
0.8
13.1
1.3
8.3
0.8
3.3
0.5
3.4
0.5
25.8
1.7
0.1
0.1
1.7
0.5
PLAND (%)
2
7.4
0.8
14.6
1.3
8.7
0.8
2.9
0.5
3.6
0.5
26.3
1.6
0.2
0.1
1.7
0.4
PLAND (%)
4
7.5
0.8
15.9
1.4
8.7
0.7
2.7
0.4
3.5
0.4
26.5
1.4
0.4
0.3
1.7
0.4
AREA (ha)
0.5
0.4
0.0
0.9
0.1
0.9
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
2.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.8
0.1
AREA (ha)
1
0.4
0.1
1.1
0.1
1.0
0.1
0.9
0.1
0.4
0.0
2.6
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.9
0.1
AREA (ha)
2
0.5
0.1
1.3
0.1
1.1
0.1
1.0
0.1
0.4
0.0
2.7
0.3
1.0
0.4
1.0
0.1
AREA (ha)
4
0.5
0.1
1.6
0.1
1.1
0.1
1.0
0.1
0.4
0.0
2.6
0.2
8.0
6.0
0.9
0.1
CORE (ha)
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
CORE (ha)
1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
CORE (ha)
2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
CORE (ha)
4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
3.2
3.1
0.0
0.0
CPLAND (%)
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
CPLAND (%)
1
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.2
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
CPLAND (%)
2
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
CPLAND (%)
4
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
ED (m/ha)
0.5
47.3
3.5
56.8
4.8
39.8
3.5
26.1
3.6
26.1
3.0
76.7
4.1
2.9
1.6
8.4
1.8
ED (m/ha)
1
49.7
3.5
60.7
4.6
40.4
3.2
23.0
3.1
28.0
3.2
77.9
3.8
3.8
2.5
8.9
1.8
ED (m/ha)
2
51.9
3.7
63.4
4.5
41.1
3.1
19.9
2.6
28.6
3.2
79.1
3.6
4.3
2.7
8.6
1.6
ED (m/ha)
4
52.3
3.8
64.1
4.2
41.1
2.9
17.0
2.2
28.4
3.2
79.4
3.2
3.9
2.3
8.6
1.6
aAREA: mean patch area, CORE: mean core area, CPLAND: proportional abundance of class type core area, ED: edge length density, PLAND: proportional abundance of class type.
