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DissectionIndex: perimeter over the circumference of the circle of equal area. ForestFragmentation: Riitters et al. (2000) moving-window Pf, Pff and fragmentation classes (character matrix, NA for non-forest). Identical to the Python arm morie.fn.landfrag.

Usage

DissectionIndex(area, perimeter)

ForestFragmentation(grid, window = 3)

Arguments

area, perimeter

Patch area and perimeter.

grid

Binary forest matrix (1 forest, 0 other, NA missing).

window

Odd window size.

Value

A number, vector or list.

References

Patton, D. R. (1975). A diversity index for quantifying habitat edge. Wildlife Society Bulletin 3, 171-173.

Riitters, K., Wickham, J., O'Neill, R., Jones, B. and Smith, E. (2000). Global-scale patterns of forest fragmentation. Conservation Ecology 4, 3.

Examples

DissectionIndex(100, 40)
#> [1] 1.128379
ForestFragmentation(rbind(c(1, 1, 1), c(1, 1, 1), c(1, 1, 0)))$classes
#>      [,1]       [,2]         [,3]        
#> [1,] "interior" "interior"   "interior"  
#> [2,] "interior" "perforated" "perforated"
#> [3,] "interior" "perforated" NA