landscapemetrics (version 1.4.4)

lsm_c_core_mn: CORE_MN (class level)

Description

Mean of core area (Core area metric)

Usage

lsm_c_core_mn(landscape, directions, consider_boundary, edge_depth)
# S3 method for RasterLayer
lsm_c_core_mn(
  landscape,
  directions = 8,
  consider_boundary = FALSE,
  edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for RasterStack
lsm_c_core_mn(
  landscape,
  directions = 8,
  consider_boundary = FALSE,
  edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for RasterBrick
lsm_c_core_mn(
  landscape,
  directions = 8,
  consider_boundary = FALSE,
  edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for stars
lsm_c_core_mn(
  landscape,
  directions = 8,
  consider_boundary = FALSE,
  edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for list
lsm_c_core_mn(
  landscape,
  directions = 8,
  consider_boundary = FALSE,
  edge_depth = 1
)

Arguments

landscape

Raster* Layer, Stack, Brick 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).

consider_boundary

Logical if cells that only neighbour the landscape boundary should be considered as core

edge_depth

Distance (in cells) a cell has the be away from the patch edge to be considered as core cell

Value

tibble

Details

$$CORE_{MN} = mean(CORE[patch_{ij}])$$ where \(CORE[patch_{ij}]\) is the core area in square meters of each patch.

CORE_MN is a 'Core area metric' and equals the mean of core areas of all patches belonging to class i. The core area is defined as all cells that have no neighbour with a different value than themselves (rook's case).

Units

Hectares

Range

CORE_MN >= 0

Behaviour

Equals CORE_MN = 0 if CORE = 0 for all patches. Increases, without limit, as the core area indices increase.

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

lsm_p_core, mean, lsm_c_core_sd, lsm_c_core_cv, lsm_l_core_mn, lsm_l_core_sd, lsm_l_core_cv

Examples

# NOT RUN {
lsm_c_core_mn(landscape)

# }