Table 1.

Landscape‐Level and Class‐Level Metrics Measured

Landscape Level (one per sub-basin)TATotal Area (CA/TA)
NPNumber of Patches
PDPatch Density
LPILargest Patch Index
TETotal Edge
EDEdge Density
LSILandscape Shape Index
AREA_MNPatch Area Mean
SHAPE_MNShape Index Mean
CONTIG_MNContiguity Index Mean
TCATotal Core Area
CORE_MNCore Area Mean
PROX_MNProximity Index Mean
ENN_MNEuclidean Nearest Neighbor Distance Mean
CONTAGContagion
IJIInterspersion Juxtaposition Index
CONNECTConnectance Index
COHESIONPatch Cohesion Index
PRPatch Richness
PRDPatch Richness Density
SHDIShannon’s Diversity Index
SHEIShannon’s Evenness Index
AIAggregation Index
Class Level (one per land cover type)TYPELand Cover Class Descriptor
CATotal Class Area
PLANDPercentage of Landscape
NPNumber of Patches
PDPatch Density
LPILargest Patch Index
TETotal Edge
EDEdge Density
LSILandscape Shape Index
AREA_MNPatch Area Mean
SHAPE_MNShape Index Mean
CONTIG_MNContiguity Index Mean
TCATotal Core Area
CPLANDCore Area Percent of Land
CORE_MNCore Area Mean
PROX_MNProximity Index Mean
ENN_MNEuclidean Nearest Neighbor Distance Mean
IJIInterspersion Juxtaposition Index
CONNECTConnectance Index
COHESIONPatch Cohesion Index
AIAggregation Index