Table 2 Metrics used at the class and landscape levels to analyze the distribution of the suitable habitat of Amygdalus scoparia in different classes of landform (McGarigal 2012)
Metrics | Abbreviation | Units | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patch | NP | None | NP>  0 |
Total edges | TE | Meters | TE≥ 0 |
Edge density | ED | Meters per hectares | ED≥ 0 |
Mean patch size | MPS | Hectares | MPS>  0 |
Mean shape index | MSI | None | MSI≥ 1 |
Large patch index | LPI | % | 0 < LPI <  100 |
Contagion index | CONTAG | % | CONTAG>  0 |
Shannon’s diversity index | SHDI | None | SHDI >  0 |
Euclidean mean nearest neighbor | MNN | M | MNN >  0 |
Landscape shape index | LSI | None | LSI ≥ 1 |