Describing Landscape Pattern

Landscape Metrics: FRAGSTATS

Landscape Metrics: FRAGSTATS

Landscape Metrics: FRAGSTATS

Data Formats Two basic formats for storing map information: Vector: most common for GIS data Raster: all digital imagery is collected in this format. Expect to encounter both in the Landscape Ecology literature

Grain and Extent: What is most appropriate for any given study?

Effect of changing grain and extent Turner et al. 1989

Effect of changing grain and extent Binary random landscape Turner et al. 1989