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Table 1 Description of original land use zones, conversion to broad resistance classes and resistance values. Note the original land use layer was updated manually and with Open Street Map data as described in the text

From: Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches

Original land use

General class

Resistance class

Resistance percentage

Resistance pixel value

Sclerophyll shrubland, sclerophyll forest, coastal dry forest, coastal headland, woodland, dry heathland, wet heathland, mangrove woodland, dry rainforest, riparian forest, tall shrubland.

Habitat

Other

100%

5

sand complex, grassland, sedgeland, rushland, freshwater meadow mix.

Non-habitat

Other

100%

5

cleared, golf courses, parkland, parkland/grassland, residual pine forest, cleared pasture, managed pine plantation, rock, sand, cleared grassland.

Other

Other

100%

5

urban or residential development, quarry, mining strip, industrial land, landfills, schools, mines-coal, fences.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

200%

10

bridleway, construction road, motorway, motorway link, rail, residential road, rest areas, secondary roads, service roads, tertiary roads, tertiary link, tracks.

Roads

Roads

200%

10

water, river, stream

Water

Hydro

300%

15