lsm_c_contig_mn: CONTIG_MN (class level)

In landscapemetrics: Landscape Metrics for Categorical Map Patterns

CONTIG_MN (class level)

Description

Mean of Contiguity index (Shape metric)

Usage

lsm_c_contig_mn(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

CONTIG_{MN} = mean(CONTIG[patch_{ij}])

where CONTIG[patch_{ij}] is the contiguity of each patch.

CONTIG_MN is a 'Shape metric'. It summarises each class as the mean of each patch belonging to class i. CONTIG_MN asses the spatial connectedness (contiguity) of cells in patches. The metric coerces patch values to a value of 1 and the background to NA. A nine cell focal filter matrix:

filter_matrix <- matrix(c(1, 2, 1,
                          2, 1, 2,
                          1, 2, 1), 3, 3, byrow = T)

... is then used to weight orthogonally contiguous pixels more heavily than diagonally contiguous pixels. Therefore, larger and more connections between patch cells in the rookie case result in larger contiguity index values.

Units

None

Range

0 >= CONTIG_MN <= 1

Behaviour

CONTIG equals the mean of the contiguity index on class level for all patches.

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

LaGro, J. 1991. Assessing patch shape in landscape mosaics. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 57(3), 285-293

See Also

lsm_p_contig, lsm_c_contig_sd, lsm_c_contig_cv,
lsm_l_contig_mn, lsm_l_contig_sd, lsm_l_contig_cv

Examples

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

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