'''Habitat patch''' is a term used to describe an area displaying a relatively uniform [[general cover]] type. Nine General cover categories are used to classify areas of relatively uniform cover. Each individual area is referred to as a habitat patch.
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'''Habitat patch''' is - according to the [[USDA]] terminology - ''"a term used to describe an area displaying a relatively uniform [[general cover]] type. Nine General cover categories are used to classify areas of relatively uniform cover. Each individual area is referred to as a habitat patch."<ref>[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology]</ref>''
==References==
==References==
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[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology] <br>