NOTE: Bold page numbers denote pages where definitions and major discussions of concepts or metrics occur.

a

• Absolute transition matrix (AT)  199–201
• Adjacency diversity of a landscape (ADL)  185–187, 189
• Adjacency evenness of the landscape (AEL)  185–186
• Aggregation  25, 29, 36, 40, 43, 129, 143
• Area‐weighted mean shape index (AWMSI)  97
• Average habitat use diversity of the species (AHUD)  157–161

b

• Berger–Parker diversity index (BP)  149, 154
• Biodiversity  115, 145

c

• Clustered distribution  30, 105
• Coefficient of agreement (CA)  203–205
• Coefficient of inertia (CI)  203–205
• Community/Communities 1, 7, 11, 26–27, 81, 101, 145, 148, 151, 163, 170
• Connectivity 7, 17, 68, 72, 74–78, 138, 140 see also Network connectivity
• Contagion  133–135, 140, 143, 185–187, 245, 246, 250
• Contagion index (CONTAG)  133–134
• Contrast weight (CON_jk)  178
• Core area  189
• Core area index (CAI)  95, 97, 98
• Corridor  48, 68–69
• Curvilinearity  50–57

d

• Disturbance  193–198, 217, 224–229, 233, 252
• Disturbance stability index (DSI) 225–226
• Diversity  81, 87, 117, 120, 124, 126, 145–170, 173–174, 184, 187, 189, 191, 204, 219, 225, 237
• Diversity of interior adjacencies in the landscape (IDL)  187–189
• Dynamic equilibrium  193, 199, 201, 217

e

• Ecological processes 6, 8, 44, 57, 77, 87, 184, 219
• Ecology 1–2, 6, 9, 44, 48, 95, 99, 129, 148, 163, 169
• Ecosystem 1, 6–8, 12, 17, 81, 145, 170, 198, 219, 222, 233
• Edge  29, 32, 62, 81, 86–91, 94–97, 106–108, 134, 162–163, 176, 181–189, 191
• Edge contrast index (EDCON)  178–179, 181–184, 186
• Edge diversity of a landscape (EDL)  182–184, 186, 187
• Edge evenness of the landscape (EEL)  184
• Edge line density (λ_l)  57, 60, 62, 64, 176–178
• Edge proportion (EP)  186–188
• Evenness  150, 154, 170, 174, 184–186, 191, 204, 237
• Evenness index  184
• Expected mean distance (EMD)  29–30, 61, 105
• Extent 10, 20, 90, 194

f

• Fractal  50–57, 77, 87, 175
• Fragmentation 7, 106, 177, 180, 189

g

• Geographic Information system technologies (GIS) 6, 13, 88, 245
• Global habitat use diversity (GHUD)  156–161, 169
• Grain 10–11, 91, 130, 142
• Greenway  48–49, 70

h

• Habitat diversity of the landscape (HDL)  169–170, 173
• Habitat fragmentation, (See Fragmentation)
• Habitat use diversity of a species (HUDS_i)  145, 155–161, 170
• Harary index (HI)  72–74
• Heterogeneity (Heterogeneous) 8–9, 11–12, 20, 122
• Hierarchy 6–8
• Hill series (H_a)  149–150, 154–155
• Home range 10, 84–88, 90, 105, 139–140, 142, 161, 163

i

• Index of connectivity (ICON)  69, 74–77
• Index of electivity (IE_i)  163
• Index of the complexity of temporal change (ICT)  146, 205–206
• Integral index of connectivity (IIC)  74–77
• Interior/edge diversity index (IEDI)  186–187
• Interior‐to‐edge ratio (IEDGERATIO)  95, 97
• Interspersion and juxtaposition index (IJI) 19, 184, 189–190
• Island biogeography theory  99–103, 116, 145

l

• Landscape 1–6, 8–13, 16–17
• Landscape composition  145–146, 169–170, 173–174, 191, 193, 206–210, 226–238
• Landscape configuration  137, 173–178, 181–186, 189–191, 193, 204, 238, 241, 246, 250
• Landscape dynamics  193–195, 202, 205, 208, 211, 219, 223, 231, 236, 238, 243, 252
• Landscape ecology 1–6, 8–9, 11–12, 20, 25, 35, 47, 129, 169–170, 219, 250
• Landscape elements 13, 17, 25, 65–66
• Landscape genetics 6–7
• Landscape management 219–220, 238, 250, 252
• Landscape modeling 6, 108, 138, 211, 227–232, 238
• Landscape shape index (LSHAPE)  176–178
• Length/width ratio (LWRATIO)  96–97
• Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) 5–6, 126
• Line 16, 47–48, 50, 54, 57, 60–61, 77, 83
• Linear features  47–50, 64–66, 77, 87, 138
• Line density (λ_l)  57–64, 176–178
• Link (with respect to networks)  65–66, 68–74, 77–78, 139

m

• Markov chains (Markov models) 223–225, 238, 245
• Mean core area index (MCAI)  97, 175
• Mean core size (MCORE) 79, 97–98, 189–190
• Mean edge (MEDGE)  97
• Mean patch area (MPA)  97–98, 175, 178, 189–190
• Mean proximity index (MPROX1, MPROX2)  105–108
• Mean shape index (MSI) 97–98, 178, 189
• Metapopulation  102–104, 111, 145
• Minimum viable population (MVP)  86
• Modified Shannon index (H₁)  149–150, 154, 156–157, 169–170
• Mosaic 8–9, 11, 16–18, 20, 74, 151, 162, 222–223, 229

n

• Network 13, 47–48, 57–78, 133, 250
• Network connectivity  68–72
• Node  69–71, 74
• Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)  124

o

• Observed mean nearest‐neighbor distance (OMD)  29–30, 60–61, 105, 107–108

p

• Patch 17, 19, 69, 75–78, 81–84, 86–92, 94–108, 111
• Patch area coefficient of variation (ACV)  96–98
• Patch core  94–99
• Patch density (λ_p)  104–105, 107, 175
• Patch diversity 19, 124
• Patch edge  86, 178
• Patch perimeter (EDGE)  81, 86–94, 111, 175–176, 178
• Patch shape  90–92, 95, 111, 179–180
• Pattern (PATTERN1, PATTERN2, PATTERN3) 10, 12, 20, 25–32, 36–40, 60, 77, 84, 108, 129–130, 173–191
• Percolation  129–143
• Point 16, 25–44, 57, 60, 122, 150, 163
• Population 1, 7, 41, 85–86, 100, 103, 111, 161, 245
• Proximity index (PROX1, PROX2)  105–108

r

• Random distribution  29–33, 36
• Raster  88, 90–91, 95, 111, 138, 174, 176
• Regular distribution  25–32, 37, 40, 135
• Relative proportion matrix (RP)  200, 202–204
• Relative transition matrix (M)  195–197, 201, 206–207, 209–211, 213, 216, 224, 229, 231, 241, 243
• Resistance surfaces  137–140
• Ripley’s K  36–39

s

• Scale 8–9, 11–12, 20, 35, 40, 47, 50, 52–53, 90, 137, 194, 197
• Selection ratio (SR_k)  162–170
• Shannon–Wiener index (SH)  147–150, 156–157, 169–170, 173–174, 186, 225–226
• Simpson’s index (SI)  147–154, 170, 225–226
• Shape index (SHAPE)  90, 92, 97–98
• Spatial pattern 6, 17, 20, 27–29, 41, 65, 77, 108
• Species diversity  81, 87, 120, 145–150, 151, 154–155, 160, 169–170, 177
• Species diversity of a habitat (SDH_k)  145, 150–152, 155, 157–160, 169
• Species diversity of a landscape (SDL)  145, 150–152, 155, 157–161, 169
• Species richness (S)  99–100, 115, 119, 122, 125, 145–150, 154, 159–160
• Steady‐state shifting mosaic  193–198, 217, 228, 232, 238

t

• Theil index (THI)  165–166, 168, 169,
• Total area (TA)  31, 74, 91, 94, 98, 175–176, 216, 240
• Total edge line (TL)  176, 189
• Transition diversity of the landscape (TDL)  204–206

v

• Variance/mean ratio (VMR)  31–32, 35, 43, 65
• Vector (with respect to GIS) 13, 88–92, 111, 176, 181
• Vector (with respect to matrices)  196–197, 201, 209–210, 224

w

• Weighted habitat diversity of the landscape (WHDL)  170