Surface metrics for landscape ecology: a comparison of landscape models across ecoregions and scales
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0685-1
Abstract: ContextThe patch-mosaic model is lauded for its conceptual simplicity and ease with which conventional landscape metrics can be computed from categorical maps, yet many argue it is inconsistent with ecological theory. Gradient surface models (GSMs)… read more here.
Keywords: landscape ecology; ecoregions scales; ecology; surface metrics ... See more keywords
The geodiv r package: Tools for calculating gradient surface metrics
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DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13677
Abstract: The geodiv r package calculates gradient surface metrics from imagery and other gridded datasets to provide continuous measures of landscape heterogeneity for landscape pattern analysis. geodiv is the first open‐source, command line toolbox for calculating… read more here.
Keywords: gradient surface; geodiv package; surface metrics; ecology ... See more keywords