lsm_c_pland {landscapemetrics} | R Documentation |
PLAND (class level)
Description
Percentage of landscape of class (Area and Edge metric)
Usage
lsm_c_pland(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
PLAND = \frac{\sum \limits_{j = 1}^{n} a_{ij}} {A} * 100
where a_{ij}
is the area of each patch and A
is the total
landscape area.
PLAND is an 'Area and edge metric'. It is the percentage of the landscape belonging to class i. It is a measure of composition and because of the relative character directly comparable among landscapes with different total areas.
Units
Percentage
Range
0 < PLAND <= 100
Behaviour
Approaches PLAND = 0 when the proportional class area is decreasing. Equals PLAND = 100 when only one patch is present.
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
See Also
Examples
landscape <- terra::rast(landscapemetrics::landscape)
lsm_c_pland(landscape)