landscapemetrics (version 1.4.4)

lsm_l_contig_cv: CONTIG_CV (landscape level)

Description

Coefficient of variation of Contiguity index (Shape metric)

Usage

lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape, directions)

# S3 method for RasterLayer lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape, directions = 8)

# S3 method for RasterStack lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape, directions = 8)

# S3 method for RasterBrick lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape, directions = 8)

# S3 method for stars lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape, directions = 8)

# S3 method for list lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape, directions = 8)

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).

Value

tibble

Details

$$CONTIG_{CV} = cv(CONTIG[patch_{ij}])$$

where \(CONTIG[patch_{ij}]\) is the contiguity of each patch.

CONTIG_CV is a 'Shape metric'. It summarises the landscape as the coefficient of variation of all patches in the landscape. CONTIG_CV asses the spatial connectedness (contiguity) of cells in patches. The metric coerces patch values to a value of 1 and the background to NA. A nine cell focal filter matrix:

filter_matrix <- matrix(c(1, 2, 1,
                          2, 1, 2,
                          1, 2, 1), 3, 3, byrow = T)

... is then used to weight orthogonally contiguous pixels more heavily than diagonally contiguous pixels. Therefore, larger and more connections between patch cells in the rookie case result in larger contiguity index values.

Units

None

Range

CONTIG_CV >= 0

Behaviour

CONTIG_CV = 0 if the contiguity index is identical for all patches. Increases, without limit, as the variation of CONTIG increases.

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

LaGro, J. 1991. Assessing patch shape in landscape mosaics. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 57(3), 285-293

See Also

lsm_p_contig, lsm_c_contig_sd, lsm_c_contig_cv, lsm_c_contig_mn, lsm_l_contig_sd, lsm_l_contig_mn

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
lsm_l_contig_cv(landscape)

# }

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