Parsimony in landscape metrics: Strength, universality, and consistency

摘要: Ecologists can be overwhelmed by the number of metrics available to quantify landscape structure. Clarification interrelationships and redundancy is needed guide metric selection interpretation for purpose monitoring. In this study we identified independent components class- landscape-level structure in multiple landscapes each three large geographically disjunct areas. We used FRAGSTATS principal analysis (PCA) identify structure, cluster group components. then calculated universality, strength, consistency At class-level 24 configuration Seven these were nearly universal consistent interpreted meaning. there 17 Eight consistent. These results indicate that are combinations universally describe major attributes at landscape-levels.