| Contents Notes |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Background and Evaluation of Landscape Metrics. 2.1. Landscape Ecology Metrics. 2.2. The Contagion Metric. 2.3. The Fractal Dimension Metric. 2.4. Introduction of Improved Metrics. 2.5. Potential Problems of Traditional Landscape Metrics for Use with Remote Sensing Data. 2.6. Systematic Evaluation of Landscape Metrics -- Ch. 3. Research Methods. 3.1. Overview of Experimental Design. 3.2. Capability of Metrics to Capture Changes in Landscape Pattern. 3.3. Sensitivity of Metrics to Spatial Resolution of Remote Sensing Data. 3.4. Analysis of Metrics along a Spatial Gradient in Rondonia, Brazil. 3.5. Analysis of Metrics along a Spatial Gradient in Washington, D.C. 3.6. Analysis of Metrics along a Vertical Gradient in the Sierra Nevada. 3.7. Analysis of Metrics along a Temporal Gradient in Ouro Preto, Brazil -- Ch. 4. Empirical Analysis of Landscape Metrics. 4.1. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Spatial Gradient in Rondonia, Brazil. 4.2. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Spatial Gradient in Washington, D.C. 4.3. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Vertical Gradient in the Sierra Nevada. 4.4. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Temporal Gradient in Ouro Preto, Brazil -- Ch. 5. Summary, Conclusions, and Future Work. |
