st_shape_indices: Calculate the shape indices of a polygon

In raff-k/VLSM: Vector-based Landscape Metrics

Calculate the shape indices of a polygon

Description

This function calculates the shape index of a polygon.

Usage

st_shape_indices(x)

Arguments

x	object of class sf

Value

List with shape index and interior edge ratio values

Note

Code is based on the following references:

• Forman, R.T.T., & Godron, M. (1986). Landscape Ecology. Cambridge.

• Siedentop, S., Heiland, S., Lehmann, I., & Schauerte-Lüke, N. (2007). Regionale Schlüsselindikatoren nachhaltiger Flächennutzung für die Fortschrittsberichte der Nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie–Flächenziele (Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer Fläche). Abschlussbericht, BBR-Forschungen, H, 130.

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