Neutral models of landscape change as benchmarks in the assessment of model performance

• Published in: Landscape and urban planning Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 284 - 296
• Main Authors: Hagen-Zanker, Alex, Lajoie, Gilles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 03.06.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Map comparison; Neutral model; Spatial dynamics; Reunion island; Indian Ocean Islands; Map comparison; Spatial dynamics; Neutral model; Cartography; Landscape; Tropical zone; Spatial analysis; Map comparison;Neutral model;Spatial dynamics; Modeling; Environment quality

This paper introduces a methodological framework for performance assessment of spatial dynamic models by means of map comparison. The objective is to discern to what extent model performance, expressed by a variety of metrics, can be attributed to endogenously modeled processes or to exogenous model...