landscapemetrics (version 1.4.4)

lsm_c_tca: TCA (class level)

Description

Total core area (Core area metric)

Usage

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

$$TCA = \sum_{j = 1}^{n} a_{ij}^{core} * (\frac{1} {10000})$$ where here \(a_{ij}^{core}\) is the core area in square meters.

TCA is a 'Core area metric' and equals the sum of core areas of all patches belonging to class i. A cell is defined as core area if the cell has no neighbour with a different value than itself (rook's case). In other words, the core area of a patch is all area that is not an edge. It characterises patch areas and shapes of patches belonging to class i simultaneously (more core area when the patch is large and the shape is rather compact, i.e. a square). Additionally, TCA is a measure for the configuration of the landscape, because the sum of edges increase as patches are less aggregated.

Units

Hectares

Range

TCA >= 0

Behaviour

Increases, without limit, as patch areas increase and patch shapes simplify. TCA = 0 when every cell in every patch of class i is an edge.

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, lsm_l_tca

Examples

# NOT RUN {
lsm_c_tca(landscape)

# }