Patchanalysis指数简单对译.doc

Metric Definitions (from McGarigal and Marks, 1994 and McGarigal and Marks, 1995) Class Area (CA) Sum of areas of all patches belonging to a given class. Example: Conifer Class Area (CA) = 359047.844+......+65819.984 CA = 69.6626 hectares If the map units are not specified (i.e., Data Frame properties; see Set map units) and State areas in Hectares has not been selected in the Advanced Options of the Spatial Statistics dialog box, then the resulting statistics will be reported in native map units (vector layers (themes) only). In the example; CA = 696626.012 (map units). This is the case for most statistics. Landscape Area (TLA) Sum of areas of all patches in the landscape. Example: Landscape Area (TLA) = 46872.719 + 359047.844 +... + 62423.574 TLA = 184.11 hectares Percentage of Landscape (ZLAND) When analyzing by class, ZLAND is the percentage of the total landscape made up of the corresponding class (patch type). Number of Patches (NumP) Total number of patches in the landscape if Analyze by Landscape is selected, or Number of Patches for each individual class, if Analyze by Class is selected. Example: Class Level: Number of Patches (NumP) Mixedwood = 5, Conifer = 4, Deciduous = 5 Landscape Level: Number of Patches (NumP) = 14 Patch Richness (PR) PR is the number of different patch types within the landcapes boundary. Patch Richness Density (PRD) PRD is equal to PR divided by the total area of the landscape (metres squared) multiplied by 10,000 and then 100 (to convert to hundreds of hectares). Largest Patch Index (LPI) The LPI is equal to the percent of the total landscape that is made up by the largest patch. When the entire landscape is made up of a single patch, the LPI will equal 100. As the size of the largest patch decreases, the LPI approaches 0. Mean Patch Size (MPS) Average patch size. Example: Mean Patch Size of Conifer Patches (Class Level) MPS = (359047.844 + 139531.484 ...+