Fig. 1: Changes in shrub cover on Hog Island, Virginia, USA from 1972 to 2013.
From: Microclimate feedbacks sustain power law clustering of encroaching coastal woody vegetation

The blue pixels indicate shrub patches and the upland outline (excluding marsh) is denoted each year in black. The shrub cover is 0.103 (1972), 0.150 (1986), 0.155 (1990), 0.154 (1994), and 0.403 (2013), respectively. The image inset is Landsat imagery courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.