Understanding and quantifying landscape structure – A review on relevant process characteristics, data models and landscape metrics

Angela Lausch, Thomas Blaschke, Dagmar Haase, Felix Herzog, Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, Lutz Tischendorf and Ulrich Walz

Ecological Modelling, 2015, vol. 295, issue C, 31-41

Abstract: For quantifying and modelling of landscape patterns, the patch matrix model (PMM) and the gradient model (GM) are fundamental concepts of landscape ecology. While the PMM model has been the backbone for our advances in landscape ecology, it may also hamper truly universal insights into process–pattern relationships.

Keywords: Quantitative landscape ecology; Patch matrix model; Gradient model; Landscape metrics; Surface metrics; Hemeroby (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.08.018

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