lsm_c_area_cv function

AREA_CV (class level)

Coefficient of variation of patch area (Area and edge metric)

lsm_c_area_cv(landscape, directions = 8)

Arguments

• landscape: A categorical raster object: SpatRaster; Raster* Layer, Stack, Brick; stars or a list of SpatRasters
• directions: The number of directions in which patches should be connected: 4 (rook's case) or 8 (queen's case).

Returns

tibble

Details

where $AREA[patch_{ij}]$ is the area of each patch in hectares.

AREA_CV is an 'Area and Edge metric'. The metric summarises each class as the Coefficient of variation of all patch areas belonging to class i. The metric describes the differences among patches of the same class i in the landscape and is easily comparable because it is scaled to the mean.

Because the metric is based on distances or areas please make sure your data is valid using check_landscape.

Units

Hectares

Range

AREA_CV >= 0

Behaviour

Equals AREA_CV = 0 if all patches are identical in size. Increases, without limit, as the variation of patch areas increases.

Examples

landscape <- terra::rast(landscapemetrics::landscape)
lsm_c_area_cv(landscape)

References

McGarigal K., SA Cushman, and E Ene. 2023. FRAGSTATS v4: Spatial Pattern Analysis Program for Categorical Maps. Computer software program produced by the authors; available at the following web site: https://www.fragstats.org

See Also

lsm_p_area,

lsm_c_area_mn, lsm_c_area_sd,

lsm_l_area_mn, lsm_l_area_sd, lsm_l_area_cv