Novel shape indices for vector landscape pattern analysis

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2442-2461

  Zhang, Ce ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anisotropy; Landscape metrics; moment box; patch elongation; patch symmetry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LANDSCAPE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VECTOR;

EID: 84986294630     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2016.1179313     Document Type: Article

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