Alternative area-perimeter ratios for measurement of 2D shape compactness of habitats

DOI10.1016/S0096-3003(99)00075-2zbMath1017.92035MaRDI QIDQ1569210

N. Delaunay

Publication date: 25 June 2000

Published in: Applied Mathematics and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

2D compactnessarea-perimeter ratiohabitat shapeisoperimetric principleLandscape ecologyreference values for area and perimeter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ecology (92D40)

Related Items (5)

Shape elongation from optimal encasing rectangles ⋮ An easy measure of compactness for 2D and 3D shapes ⋮ Artificial fractal dimension obtained by using perimeter--area relationship on digitalized images ⋮ Linearity measure for curve segments ⋮ Spatial aggregation of two-dimensional objects in raster data structures

Uses Software

• generator.f
• FRAGSTATS

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