title: Compactness versus interior-to-edge ratio; two approaches for habitat's ranking.
abstract: In landscape ecology spatial descriptors (or indices) can be used to characterize habitats. Some of these descriptors can be used for habitat's ranking; this ranking is very important for conservation purposes. We would like to show that two traditional descriptors, namely the compactness and interior-to-edge ratio can give contradictory results. Being the second one is a more relevant descriptor, we would like to propose to avoid the further use the compactness in habitat's ranking.
authors.affiliation: KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, H-1525, Budapest, POB 49, Hungary. imre@sunserv.kfki.hu
authors.forename: Attila R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Imre
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology; D017753:Ecosystem; D008962:Models, Theoretical