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lsm_c_np

NP (class level)


Description

Number of patches (Aggregation metric)

Usage

lsm_c_np(landscape, directions = 8)

Arguments

landscape

Raster* Layer, Stack, Brick, SpatRaster (terra), stars, or a list of rasterLayers.

directions

The number of directions in which patches should be connected: 4 (rook's case) or 8 (queen's case).

Details

NP = n_{i}

where n_{i} is the number of patches.

NP is an 'Aggregation metric'. It describes the fragmentation of a class, however, does not necessarily contain information about the configuration or composition of the class.

Units

None

Ranges

NP >= 1

Behaviour

Equals NP = 1 when only one patch is present and increases, without limit, as the number of patches increases

Value

tibble

References

McGarigal, K., SA Cushman, and E Ene. 2012. FRAGSTATS v4: Spatial Pattern Analysis Program for Categorical and Continuous Maps. Computer software program produced by the authors at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Available at the following web site: http://www.umass.edu/landeco/research/fragstats/fragstats.html

See Also

Examples

lsm_c_np(landscape)

landscapemetrics

Landscape Metrics for Categorical Map Patterns

v1.5.2
GPL-3
Authors
Maximillian H.K. Hesselbarth [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1125-9918>), Marco Sciaini [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3042-5435>), Jakub Nowosad [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-3721>), Sebastian Hanss [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-4897>), Laura J. Graham [ctb] (Input on package structure), Jeffrey Hollister [ctb] (Input on package structure), Kimberly A. With [ctb] (Input on package structure), Florian Privé [ctb] (Original author of underlying C++ code for get_nearestneighbour() function), Project Nayuki [ctb] (Original author of underlying C++ code for get_circumscribingcircle and lsm_p_circle), Matt Strimas-Mackey [ctb] (Bugfix in sample_metrics())
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