The paper gives an overview on the trends in the usage of landscape metrics as indicators
for: land use changes, habitat functions (biodiversity, habitats), landscape regulating …

The aim of this overview paper is to analyze the use of various landscape metrics and
landscape indices for the characterization of landscape structure and various processes at …

Quantifying landscape characteristics and linking them to ecological processes is one of the
central goals of landscape ecology. Landscape metrics are a widely used tool for the …

Aggregate measures that capture multiple aspects of socio-ecological vulnerability in a
single or small number of vulnerability indices can produce vulnerability maps that act as …

Ecologists can be overwhelmed by the number of metrics available to quantify landscape
structure. Clarification of interrelationships and redundancy is needed to guide metric …

This paper deals with the question of the role landscape metrics can play in the
investigation, evaluation and monitoring of landscape structure, and which linkages …

This paper investigates the spatial heterogeneity of three landscapes along an altitudinal
gradient and different human land use. The main aim was the identification of appropriate …

The effectiveness of landscape metrics in quantifying spatial patterns is fundamental to
metrics assessment. Setting 36 simulated landscapes as sample space and focusing on 23 …

Abstract Purpose of the Review This paper reviews progress in the field of landscape
ecology related to the development of landscape metrics (ie, spatial pattern indices). We first …

Landscape metrics are widely used to investigate the spatial structure of landscapes.
Numerous metrics are currently available, yet only little empirical research has …