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Global, remote-sensing supported environmental layers for assessing status and trends in biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate
Global Habitat Heterogeneity
The datasets contain 14 metrics quantifying spatial heterogeneity of global habitat at multiple resolutions based on the textural features of Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) imagery acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). For additional information about the metrics and the evaluations of their utility for biodiversity modeling, please see the associated journal article:
Dataset Details
Six first-order and 8 second-order texture measures are available at 30 arc-second (~1 km at the equator), 2.5 arc-minute (~5 km) and 12.5 arc-minute (~25 km) resolutions. The first-order texture measures are statistics describing the frequency distribution of EVI values and measureing compositional variability in EVI within an area. The second-order texture measures are statistics of the occurrence probabilities of different EVI combinations among pixel pairs within an area and thus also reflect spatial arrangement and dependency of the EVI values.
First-order texture measures
| Metric | Measure | Value Range | Expected Relationship with Heterogeneity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient of variation | Normalized dispersion of EVI | >=0 | Positive |
| Evenness | Evenness of EVI | >=0; <=1 | Positive |
| Range | Range of EVI | >=0 | Positive |
| Shannon | Diversity of EVI | >=0; <=ln(max # of different EVI) | Positive |
| Simpson | Diversity of EVI | >=0; <=1-1/(max # of different EVI) | Positive |
| Standard deviation | Dispersion of EVI | >=0 | Positive |
Second-order texture measures
| Metric | Measure | Value Range | Expected Relationship with Heterogeneity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contrast | Exponentially weighted difference in EVI between adjacent pixels | >=0 | Positive |
| Correlation | Linear dependency of EVI on adjacent pixels | >=-1; <=1 | Nonlinear |
| Dissimilarity | Difference in EVI between adjacent pixels | >=0 | Positive |
| Entropy | Disorderliness of EVI | >=0 | Positive |
| Homogeneity | Similarity of EVI between adjacent pixels | >=0; <=1 | Negative |
| Maximum | Dominance of EVI combinations between adjacent pixels | >=0; <=1 | Negative |
| Uniformity | Orderliness of EVI | >=0; <=1 | Negative |
| Variance | Dispersion of EVI combinations between adjacent pixels | >=0 | Positive |
All data layers are in WGS84 projection and have a spatial extent from 85ºN - 60ºS and from 180ºW - 180ºE. The pixel values of the data layers should be mulitplied by 0.0001 to obtain the actual values of the metrics.
Dataset Download
Version 1.0
| Metric | 30 arc-second (1 km) | 2.5 arc-minute (5 km) | 12.5 arc-minute (25 km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient of variation | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Evenness | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Range | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Shannon | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Simpson | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Standard deviation | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Contrast | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Correlation | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Dissimilarity | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Entropy | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Homogeneity | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Maximum | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Uniformity | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
| Variance | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF | Download GeoTIFF |
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Global Habitat Heterogeneity Metrics Version 1 by Tuanmu & Jetz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.earthenv.org/texture.html.
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