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lsm_l_division

DIVISION (landscape level)

Description

Landscape division index (Aggregation metric)

Usage

lsm_l_division(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

DIVISON = (1 - ∑ \limits_{i = 1}^{m} ∑ \limits_{j = 1}^{n} (\frac{a_{ij}} {A}) ^ 2)

where a_{ij} is the area in square meters and A is the total landscape area in square meters.

DIVISION is an 'Aggregation metric. It can be in as the probability that two randomly selected cells are not located in the same patch. The landscape division index is negatively correlated with the effective mesh size (lsm_c_mesh).

Units

Proportion

Ranges

0 <= Division < 1

Behaviour

Equals DIVISION = 0 if only one patch is present. Approaches DIVISION = 1 if all patches of class i are single cells.

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

Jaeger, J. A. 2000. Landscape division, splitting index, and effective mesh size: new measures of landscape fragmentation. Landscape ecology, 15(2), 115-130.

See Also

Examples

lsm_l_division(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())
Initial release

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