lsm_l_area_cv {landscapemetrics}

AREA_CV (landscape level)

Description

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

Usage

lsm_l_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).

Details

AREA_{CV} = cv(AREA[patch_{ij}])

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

AREA_CV is an 'Area and Edge metric'. The metric summarises the landscape as the Coefficient of variation of all patches in the landscape. The metric describes the differences among patches 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.

Value

tibble

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_c_area_cv,
lsm_l_area_mn, lsm_l_area_sd

Examples

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