Vector analysis theory on landscape pattern (VATLP)

Vector analysis theory on landscape pattern (VATLP)

Landscape indices are popular for the quantification of landscape pattern. However, all landscape indices being used so far are scalar quantities, and measure patterns without considering sufficiently the pattern shape and the directionality together. Based on planar characteristics defined in mechanics such as centroid, moment of inertia, product of inertia and principal axes, vector analysis ...

Novel shape indices for vector landscape pattern analysis

The formation of an anisotropic landscape is influenced by natural and/or human 2 processes, which can then be inferred on the basis of geometric indices. In this 3 study, two minimal bounding rectangles in consideration of the principles of 4 mechanics (i.e. minimal width bounding (MWB) box and moment bounding 5 (MB) box) were introduced. Based on these boxes, four novel shape indices, 6 namel...

quantifying the impacts of roads on isfahan landscape pattern using gradient analysis and landscape metrics methods

quantifying urban landscape is fundamental for monitoring and assessing ecological and socioeconomic consequences of urbanization. expansion of roads is a significant factor driving urban landscape change. the aim of this research is quantifying impacts of roads on isfahan city landscape. to achieve this aim, land use map of isfahan was created in 6 classes: urban, green spaces, agricultural, b...

Landscape pattern metrics

Landscape ecology, if not ecology in general, is largely founded on the notion that environmental patterns strongly influence ecological processes [1, 2]. The habitats in which organisms live, for example, are spatially structured at a number of scales, and these patterns interact with organism perception and behavior to drive the higher level processes of population dynamics and community stru...

Preliminary Analysis on the Regionalization of Landscape Pattern Indices using Multivariate Cluster Analysis – MBPI Working Paper