Good estimates of ecosystem complexity are essential for a number of ecological tasks: from biodiversity estimation, to forest structure variable retrieval, to feature extraction by edge detection and generation of multifractal surface as neutral models for e.g. feature change assessment. Hence, measuring ecological complexity over space becomes crucial in macroecology and geography. Many geospatial tools have been advocated in spatial ecology to estimate ecosystem complexity and its changes over space and time. Among these tools, free and open source options especially offer opportunities to guarantee the robustness of algorithms and reproducibility. In this paper we will summarize the most straightforward measures of spatial complexity available in the Free and Open Source Software GRASS GIS, relating them to key ecological patterns and processes
Rocchini, D.; Petras, V.; Petrasova, A.; Chemin, Y.; Ricotta, C.; Frigeri, A.; Landa, M.; Metz, M.; Delucchi, L.; Neteler, M.G. (2017). Spatio-ecological complexity measures in GRASS GIS. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 104: 166-176. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2016.05.006 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/27005
Citation: | Rocchini, D.; Petras, V.; Petrasova, A.; Chemin, Y.; Ricotta, C.; Frigeri, A.; Landa, M.; Metz, M.; Delucchi, L.; Neteler, M.G. (2017). Spatio-ecological complexity measures in GRASS GIS. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 104: 166-176. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2016.05.006 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/27005 |
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Organization unit: | Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology Department # CRI_2011-JAN2016 |
Authors: | Rocchini, D.; Petras, V.; Petrasova, A.; Chemin, Y.; Ricotta, C.; Frigeri, A.; Landa, M.; Metz, M.; Delucchi, L.; Neteler, M.G. |
Title: | Spatio-ecological complexity measures in GRASS GIS |
Journal: | COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Scientific Disciplinary Area: | Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia |
Keywords ENG: | Free and open source software Remote sensing Spatial complexity Spatial ecology |
Language: | English |
IF: | With Impact Factor ISI |
Publication status: | Published |
Nature of content: | Articolo in rivista/Article |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2016.05.006 |
EU grant: | 7° Programma quadro (FP7) |
EU grant agreement number: | 308454 |
Appears in Collections: | 01 - Journal article |
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