(1) Focal Patch Analysis – Under the patch mosaic model of landscape structure the focus of the
investigation may be on individual patches (instead of the aggregate properties of patches);
specifically, the spatial character and/or context of individual focal patches. This is a ‘patch-centric’;
perspective on landscape patterns in which the scope of analysis is restricted to the characterization
of individual focal patches. In this case, each focal patch is characterized according to one or more
patch-level metrics (see below). The results of a focal patch analysis is typically given in the form of
a table, where each row represents a separate patch and each column represents a separate patch
metric.