Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition

Glen D. Johnson, Ganapati P. Patil

Springer

2006

130 páginas

4h 20m

ISBN-13: 9780387376844

This book presents a new method for assessing spatial pattern in raster land cover maps based on satellite imagery in a way that incorporates multiple pixel resolutions. This is combined with more conventional single-resolution measurements of spatial pattern and simple non-spatial land cover proportions to assess predictability of both surface water quality and ecological integrity within watersheds of the state of Pennsylvania (USA).