Indices of landscape pattern

被引:1366
作者
O'Neill, R. V. [1 ]
Krummel, J. R. [2 ]
Gardner, R. H. [1 ]
Sugihara, G. [3 ]
Jackson, B. [4 ]
DeAngelis, D. L. [1 ]
Milne, B. T. [5 ]
Turner, M. G. [1 ]
Zygmunt, B. [4 ]
Christensen, S. W. [1 ]
Dale, V. H. [1 ]
Graham, R. L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Environm Sci, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[2] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[4] Martin Marietta Energy Syst Inc, Comp & Telecommun Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[5] Univ New Mexico, Dept Biol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
index; dominance; contagion; fractal;
D O I
10.1007/BF00162741
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Landscape ecology deals with the patterning of ecosystems in space. Methods are needed to quantify aspects of spatial pattern that can be correlated with ecological processes. The present paper develops three indices of pattern derived from information theory and fractal geometry. Using digitized maps, the indices are calculated for 94 quadrangles covering most of the eastern United States. The indices are shown to be reasonably independent of each other and to capture major features of landscape pattern. One of the indices, the fractal dimension, is shown to be correlated with the degree of human manipulation of the landscape.
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页码:153 / 162
页数:10
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