A fragmented is Being divided or convoluted into distinct parts, rather than entire. In EMAP, the spatial fragmentation of resources and the spatial/temporal fragmentation of resource attributes affect the precision of certain population statistics, so that attention must be given to this state. (See related: entire.)

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