lsm_c_cai_mn: CAI_MN (class level)

In landscapemetrics: Landscape Metrics for Categorical Map Patterns

CAI_MN (class level)

Description

Mean of core area index (Core area metric)

Usage

lsm_c_cai_mn(
  landscape,
  directions = 8,
  consider_boundary = FALSE,
  edge_depth = 1
)

Arguments

landscape	Raster* Layer, Stack, Brick, SpatRaster (terra), stars, or a list of rasterLayers.
directions	The number of directions in which patches should be connected: 4 (rook's case) or 8 (queen's case).
consider_boundary	Logical if cells that only neighbour the landscape boundary should be considered as core
edge_depth	Distance (in cells) a cell has the be away from the patch edge to be considered as core cell

Details

CAI_{MN} = mean(CAI[patch_{ij}]

where CAI[patch_{ij}] is the core area index of each patch.

CAI_MN is a 'Core area metric'. The metric summarises each class as the mean of the core area index of all patches belonging to class i. The core area index is the percentage of core area in relation to patch area. A cell is defined as core area if the cell has no neighbour with a different value than itself (rook's case).

Units

Percent

Range

0 <= CAI_MN <= 100

Behaviour

CAI_MN = 0 when all patches have no core area and approaches CAI_MN = 100 with increasing percentage of core area within patches.

Value

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References

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: https://www.umass.edu/landeco/

See Also

lsm_p_cai, mean,
lsm_c_cai_sd, lsm_c_cai_cv,
lsm_l_cai_mn, lsm_l_cai_sd, lsm_l_cai_cv

Examples

lsm_c_cai_mn(landscape)

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