Quantifying Spatial Patterns of Landscapes

Magnus Ekström

doi:10.1579/0044-7447-32.8.573

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Magnus Ekström^*

^*Magnus Ekström, PhD, is an associate professor at the Center of Biostochastics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His research interests include estimation theory, resampling techniques, spatial statistics, and classification theory. His address: Center of Biostochastics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden. magnus.ekstrom@sekon.slu.se

Abstract

In this paper we discuss information theoretical landscape indices based on data from digitized maps in grid format: measures based on Shannon's entropy, e.g. the measures of diversity and contagion; and measures based on conditional entropy, e.g. a new index which can be seen as an alternative to the measure of contagion that does not have the disadvantage of being highly correlated to the measure of diversity. We also introduce a measurement on how much information is contained in a coarse-scale map about a fine-scale map.

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Magnus Ekström "Quantifying Spatial Patterns of Landscapes," AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 32(8), 573-576, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-32.8.573

Published: 1 December 2003

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