Measurement

Quantifying surface complexity Quantifying spatial heterogeneity

Related approaches:

• geomorphometry
• bark microrelief

Lepczyk, Christopher A., Lisa M. Wedding, Gregory P. Asner, Simon J. Pittman, Tristan Goulden, Marc A. Linderman, Jeanne Gang, and Rosalie Wright. ‘Advancing Landscape and Seascape Ecology from a 2D to a 3D Science’. BioScience 71, no. 6 (2021): 596–608. https://doi.org/10/gjp6g3.

D’Urban Jackson, Tim, Gareth J. Williams, Guy Walker-Springett, and Andrew J. Davies. ‘Three-Dimensional Digital Mapping of Ecosystems: A New Era in Spatial Ecology’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1920 (2020): 20192383. https://doi.org/10/gjrmzn.

Loke, Lynette H. L., and Ryan A. Chisholm. ‘Measuring Habitat Complexity and Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecology’. Ecology Letters, 2022. https://doi.org/10/gqp4p2.

The discussion of the article above:

Madin, Joshua S., Mollie Asbury, Nina Schiettekatte, Maria Dornelas, Oscar Pizarro, Jessica Reichert, and Damaris Torres-Pulliza. ‘A Word on Habitat Complexity’. Ecology Letters, 2023. https://doi.org/10/gr28fk.

Loke, Lynette H. L., and Ryan A. Chisholm. ‘Clarifications on Habitat Complexity: A Response to Technical Note by Madin Et Al.’ Ecology Letters, 2023. https://doi.org/10/gr28ft.

Tools for measurement

Warfe, Danielle M., Leon A. Barmuta, and Simon Wotherspoon. “Quantifying Habitat Structure: Surface Convolution and Living Space for Species in Complex Environments.” Oikos 117, no. 12 (12008): 1764–73. https://doi.org/10/bqwgvn.

Relevant for micro-structures such as mosses and tree hollows?

Quigley, Kate M. ‘A Fast, Precise, in-Vivo Method for Micron-Level 3d Models of Corals Using Dental Scanners’. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13, no. 10 (2022): 2159–66. https://doi.org/10/jhgh.

Portell, Xavier, Valerie Pot, Ali Ebrahimi, Olivier Monga, and Tiina Roose. ‘Integrating X-Ray CT Data into Models’. In X-Ray Imaging of the Soil Porous Architecture, edited by Sacha Jon Mooney, Iain M. Young, Richard J. Heck, and Stephan Peth, 183–222. Cham: Springer, 2022.

Complexity

Artificial structures are often not complex enough.

Lawrence, Peter J., Ally J. Evans, Tim Jackson-Bué, Paul R. Brooks, Tasman P. Crowe, Amy E. Dozier, Stuart R. Jenkins, Pippa J. Moore, Gareth J. Williams, and Andrew J. Davies. ‘Artificial Shorelines Lack Natural Structural Complexity Across Scales’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, no. 1951 (2021): 20210329. https://doi.org/10/gm8xf7.

Types of Measures

A review of indices:

Lazarus, Mai, and Jonathan Belmaker. ‘A Review of Seascape Complexity Indices and Their Performance in Coral and Rocky Reefs’. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12, no. 4 (2021): 681–95. https://doi.org/10/gj9b5k.

Entities

Bark

Sioma, Andrzej, Jarosław Socha, and Anna Klamerus-Iwan. ‘A New Method for Characterizing Bark Microrelief Using 3D Vision Systems’. Forests 9, no. 1 (2018): 30. https://doi.org/10/gc23nc.