Measuring Scale-Dependent Landscape Structure with Rao’s Quadratic Diversity

In this paper, we apply a special application of the Rao quadratic diversity for multiscale analysis of land use changes in a mixed agricultural-forest landscape in Central Italy. The proposed approach is similar to a block-size analysis of compositional diversity for which a given landscape is over...

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Main Authors: Maria Laura Carranza, Carlo Ricotta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-05-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/2/2/405