Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS
This paper illustrates an example of describing the terrestrial landscape structure in China by means of remote sensing and GIS. According to the ecological regions of China, 13 most-commonly-used landscape structure metrics were calculated from the MODIS land cover / land use product provided by NA...
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| author | WANG Xin-ming ZHAN Yu-lin WANG Chang-yao NIU Zheng |
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| description | This paper illustrates an example of describing the terrestrial landscape structure in China by means of remote sensing and GIS. According to the ecological regions of China, 13 most-commonly-used landscape structure metrics were calculated from the MODIS land cover / land use product provided by NASA/EOS. Since there being much redundant information between these metrics, the methods of correlation analysis, hierarchical clustering and factor analysis were used to avoid the redundancy. The first three factors from the factor analysis were related to patch diversity, complexity of patch shape, evenness of distribution respectively and were adopted to analyze the terrestrial landscape structure in China. At last it comes to the conclusion that the ecological regions more affected by mankind show less values for the three factors, meaning fewer patch attribute types, simpler patch shapes and patches being more evenly distributed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-89b0f2c619814491bf5212ef30c4ddfd2025-08-20T03:58:19ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552006-07-013246046610.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.046010089209Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GISWANG Xin-mingZHAN Yu-linWANG Chang-yaoNIU ZhengThis paper illustrates an example of describing the terrestrial landscape structure in China by means of remote sensing and GIS. According to the ecological regions of China, 13 most-commonly-used landscape structure metrics were calculated from the MODIS land cover / land use product provided by NASA/EOS. Since there being much redundant information between these metrics, the methods of correlation analysis, hierarchical clustering and factor analysis were used to avoid the redundancy. The first three factors from the factor analysis were related to patch diversity, complexity of patch shape, evenness of distribution respectively and were adopted to analyze the terrestrial landscape structure in China. At last it comes to the conclusion that the ecological regions more affected by mankind show less values for the three factors, meaning fewer patch attribute types, simpler patch shapes and patches being more evenly distributed.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.0460remote sensingGISlandscape ecologyhierarchical clusteringfactor analysis |
| spellingShingle | WANG Xin-ming ZHAN Yu-lin WANG Chang-yao NIU Zheng Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS 浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版 remote sensing GIS landscape ecology hierarchical clustering factor analysis |
| title | Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS |
| title_full | Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS |
| title_fullStr | Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS |
| title_short | Metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in China based on remote sensing and GIS |
| title_sort | metrics of terrestrial landscape structure in china based on remote sensing and gis |
| topic | remote sensing GIS landscape ecology hierarchical clustering factor analysis |
| url | https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/1008-9209.2006.04.0460 |
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