Number of disjunct core areas (Core area metric)
lsm_l_ndca(landscape, directions, consider_boundary, edge_depth)# S3 method for RasterLayer
lsm_l_ndca(
landscape,
directions = 8,
consider_boundary = FALSE,
edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for RasterStack
lsm_l_ndca(
landscape,
directions = 8,
consider_boundary = FALSE,
edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for RasterBrick
lsm_l_ndca(
landscape,
directions = 8,
consider_boundary = FALSE,
edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for stars
lsm_l_ndca(
landscape,
directions = 8,
consider_boundary = FALSE,
edge_depth = 1
)
# S3 method for list
lsm_l_ndca(
landscape,
directions = 8,
consider_boundary = FALSE,
edge_depth = 1
)
Raster* Layer, Stack, Brick or a list of rasterLayers.
The number of directions in which patches should be connected: 4 (rook's case) or 8 (queen's case).
Logical if cells that only neighbour the landscape boundary should be considered as core
Distance (in cells) a cell has the be away from the patch edge to be considered as core cell
tibble
$$NDCA = \sum \limits_{i = 1}^{m} \sum \limits_{j = 1}^{n} n_{ij}^{core}$$ where \(n_{ij}^{core}\) is the number of disjunct core areas.
NDCA is a 'Core area metric'. The metric summarises the landscape as the sum of all patches in the landscape. A cell is defined as core if the cell has no neighbour with a different value than itself (rook's case). NDCA counts the disjunct core areas, whereby a core area is a 'patch within the patch' containing only core cells. It describes patch area and shape simultaneously (more core area when the patch is large, however, the shape must allow disjunct core areas). Thereby, a compact shape (e.g. a square) will contain less disjunct core areas than a more irregular patch.
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
# NOT RUN {
lsm_l_ndca(landscape)
# }
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