Landscape Pattern Impacts on the Population Density and Distribution of Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis Steere) in Argao Watershed Reserve, Argao, Cebu, Philippines
Table 1
Landscape metrics used in quantifying the landscape pattern in Argao watershed [5].
Landscape metrics
Abbreviation
Description
Shape metrics
(a) Mean shape index
MSI
Patch-level shape index averaged over all patches in the landscape
(b) Area-weighted mean shape index
AWMSI
Mean patch shape index weighted by relative patch size
(c) Mean patch fractal dimension
MPFD
The average fractal dimension of individual patches in the landscape
(d) Area-weighted mean patch fractal dimension
AWMPFD
The patch fractal dimension weighted by relative patch area