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urban-interface (Brian McGrath, Victoria Marshall, Phanat Xanamane) with plant scientists Stewart TA Pickett and<br />
Mary L Cadenasso, Patch Signature Mixing Matrix, Baltimore Ecosystem Study, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006<br />
HERCULES (High Resolution Classification for Urban <strong>Landscape</strong>s and Environmental Systems) classifies the physical<br />
structure <strong>of</strong> land-cover patches in Baltimore’s Gwynns Falls Watershed, and is based on the various possible combinations<br />
<strong>of</strong> different percentages <strong>of</strong> five land-cover types. The numerical prevalence <strong>of</strong> patch classes results in a distinctive signature.<br />
The left margin <strong>of</strong> the drawing shows a section <strong>of</strong> the various patch classes to illustrate how patches modulate flows.<br />
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