Land tenure and landscape change: a comparison of public-private lands in the southern High Plains

Fagin, Todd D.; Vadjunec, Jacqueline M.; Colston, Nicole M.; Wenger, Kathyrn; Graham, Amy

doi:10.1186/s13717-016-0056-2

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Comparison of landscape metrics from 1992 and 2011 across the main land-tenure regimes in the two counties. A. number of patches; B. Average patch area (ha); C. Contiguity index (CI), a higher values indicates more spatial connectivity

From: Land tenure and landscape change: a comparison of public-private lands in the southern High Plains

A.
Land regime/county	Year	Herbaceous (#)	Cultivation (#)	Shrubland (#)	Forest (#)
Countywide
Cimarron	1992	4081	3923	5106	312
Cimarron	2011	5158	785	9065	311
Union	1992	13,097	2287	55,977	10,533
Union	2011	8061	371	27,320	6724
State land
Cimarron	1992	303	251	922	234
Cimarron	2011	1228	92	3625	234
Union	1992	4107	227	11,675	2622
Union	2011	2881	42	6613	1971
Federal
Cimarron	1992	33	107	0	0
Cimarron	2011	36	72	2	0
Union	1992	208	150	883	13
Union	2011	100	96	746	13
Private
Cimarron	1992	3741	3558	4166	70
Cimarron	2011	3843	620	5401	69
Union	1992	8773	1919	43,381	7881
Union	2011	5065	233	19,933	4727
B.
Land regime/county	Year	Herbaceous (ha)	Cultivation (ha)	Shrubland (ha)	Forest (ha)
Countywide
Cimarron	1992	89	26	1	1.2
Cimarron	2011	63	130	4.2	1.2
Union	1992	65	13	0.9	5.0
Union	2011	98	83	4.0	8.8
State land
Cimarron	1992	308	7	0.8	0.8
Cimarron	2011	63	17	4.8	0.8
Union	1992	36	5	1	5.7
Union	2011	46	26	3.7	8.5
Federal
Cimarron	1992	33	1.2	0	0
Cimarron	2011	160	1.8	1.5	0
Union	1992	106	1.8	0.97	19.0
Union	2011	220	2.9	1.3	19
Private
Cimarron	1992	71	28	1.1	1.2
Cimarron	2011	64	161	3.7	1.2
Union	1992	77	15	0.9	0.45
Union	2011	124	127	3.99	8.8
C.
Land regime/county	Year	Herbaceous (CI)	Cultivation (CI)	Shrubland (CI)	Forest (CI)
Countywide
Cimarron	1992	0.9623	0.8757	0.5831	0.7953
Cimarron	2011	0.9372	0.9237	0.6928	0.5189
Union	1992	0.964	0.8723	0.5804	0.7972
Union	2011	0.6586	0.9322	0.6586	0.8165
State land
Cimarron	1992	0.9802	0.8627	0.6228	0.4244
Cimarron	2011	0.9254	0.9035	0.7196	0.4244
Union	1992	0.9356	0.8362	0.59	0.8026
Union	2011	0.9312	0.9152	0.6698	0.8176
Federal
Cimarron	1992	0.9643	0.5824	Na	Na
Cimarron	2011	0.9598	0.6503	0.6571	Na
Union	1992	0.9267	0.6799	0.6247	0.8872
Union	2011	0.9558	0.7294	0.4624	0.8756
Private
Cimarron	1992	0.9415	0.876	0.6018	0.4325
Cimarron	2011	0.9321	0.9233	0.6710	0.4328
Union	1992	0.9583	0.8728	0.5686	0.7788
Union	2011	0.9547	0.9321	0.6467	0.7999

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