Metrics based on information entropy applied to evaluate complexity of landscape patterns.

ABSTRACT: Landscape is an ecological category represented by a complex system formed by interactions between society and nature. Spatial patterns of different land uses present in a landscape reveal past and present processes responsible for its dynamics and organisation. Measuring the complexity of these patterns (in the sense of their spatial heterogeneity) allows us to evaluate the integrity and resilience of these complex environmental systems. Here, we show how landscape metrics based on information entropy can be applied to evaluate the complexity (in the sense of spatial heterogeneity) of patches patterns, as well as their transition zones, present in a Cerrado conservation area and its surroundings, located in south-eastern Brazil. The analysis in this study aimed to elucidate how changes in

SUBMITTER: Mattos SHVL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8775317 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature