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Habitat networks

29 operators. Inputs marked required must be connected or given; the others have defaults.

conn.centrality#

The centralities of every node (Makurhini's MK_RMCentrality): degree (or strength), eigenvector, closeness, betweenness (igraph's) and cluster, on the links shorter than the distance, or on probabilities. A row per node and distance.

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha habitat graph of distances
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablethe centralities
SettingTypeWhat it is
distanceanythe link distance, or several (default: Makurhini's median of the distances)
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance: centralities on probabilities
binaryboollinks (default true), else probabilities exp(-d / distance)

conn.components#

The component (1, 2...) of every node: the groups of nodes joined by links at the distance.

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha habitat graph
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletableid and component
SettingTypeWhat it is
distancenumberthe link distance (default: Makurhini's median of the distances)

conn.connectivity_grid#

Connectivity per cell of a grid over a region (Makurhini's MK_Connect_grid, landschaft's connectivity_grid): ProtConn's indicators of the protected areas in each cell, or the PC of their dissolved parts (Protected_surface, LA, ECA, ECA_Normalized, PC).

InputTypeWhat it is
protectedrequiredvectorthe protected areas (polygons)
regionrequiredvectorthe region
gridvectorthe cells (else made with cell_area)
OutputTypeWhat it is
gridvectorthe cells with the indicators
SettingTypeWhat it is
cell_areanumberthe cells' area, in the region's units squared
hexagonalboolhexagons (default) or squares
distancerequirednumberthe median dispersal distance
protconn_indexboolProtConn's indicators (default true), else PC
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5)
transboundarynumberthe distance of the transboundary nodes
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha...
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge

conn.distances#

The distances between the patches of a raster or between features (landschaft's distance_table, Makurhini's distancefile): between their centroids (R's means of the cells' centres; the features' largest part's, or GEOS's point on the surface when it falls outside), their edges (the gap between their closest cells; GEOS's distance), least-cost over a resistance (gdistance's) or commute times, from centroid to centroid as Makurhini's; the straight distance for the pairs the resistance does not join.

InputTypeWhat it is
mapmapthe patches: a patch id per cell, or classes with habitat
vectorvectoror the nodes as features (polygons)
resistancemapthe resistance of least-cost and commute-time distances
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablefrom, to and distance
SettingTypeWhat it is
habitatanythe habitat classes (a number or several): their patches are the nodes
directionsintegerthe patches' neighbours with habitat: 8 (default) or 4
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)
distancetextcentroid (default), edge, least-cost (gdistance's, over the resistance) or commute-time; the least-cost and commute-time distances join the patches' centroids, as Makurhini's
max_distancenumberthe pairs up to it (default all)
distance_unittextof centroid and edge distances: m (default), km, inch, foot, yard or mile
cost_directionsintegerof the costs: 8 (default) or 4
cost_functiontextthe conductance between cells: makurhini (default, 1 / the destination's resistance) or mean
unreachabletextpairs the resistance does not join: euclidean (default, the straight distance) or drop

conn.eca_change#

The change of the equivalent connected area (ECA) from graph to graph, e.g. the habitat of several years (Makurhini's MK_dECA): per distance and graph the habitat's area, ECA (of PC or IIC), ECA against the landscape's area and the habitat's, the changes of area and ECA (%; the first against the landscape's area) and their ratio, and how they compare (dECA < dA < 0: connectivity loss...).

InputTypeWhat it is
graphsrequiredanyhabitat graphs in time order (a series), or one
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletabletime (1, 2...), LA, area, distance, ECA, ECA_LA, ECA_area, dA, dECA, rECA
readingsanyper row, the comparison and its reading
SettingTypeWhat it is
landscape_arearequirednumberthe landscape's area
metrictextPC (default) or IIC
distanceanythe link distance, or several (default: Makurhini's median of the distances)
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge

conn.eca_change_grid#

The change of ECA per cell of a grid between consecutive times (Makurhini's MK_dECA_grid, landschaft's eca_change_grid): the habitat of each time clipped to the cell, its graph (areas, centroid distances), ECA of IIC or PC, their change and how it reads.

InputTypeWhat it is
timesrequiredanythe habitat at two or more times (a series of vectors)
regionrequiredvectorthe region
gridvectorthe cells (else made with cell_area)
OutputTypeWhat it is
gridvectora cell per pair of times, with the changes
SettingTypeWhat it is
cell_areanumberthe cells' area, in the region's units squared
hexagonalboolhexagons (default) or squares
distancerequirednumberthe link distance
metrictextIIC (default) or PC
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (PC: 0.5)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge
namesanythe times' names (default T1, T2...)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha...

conn.focal_nodes#

The importance of every node in its neighbourhood (Makurhini's MK_Focal_nodes, landschaft's focal_nodes): the graph of the nodes within a search buffer of it (their points on the surface, the landscape their bounding box) and, in it, EC and IIC or PC, the node's dI and its fractions, and IComp (the index times dI). A row per node and distance.

InputTypeWhat it is
vectorrequiredvectorthe nodes as features (polygons)
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablethe focal importances
SettingTypeWhat it is
distancerequiredanythe link distance (the distance of probability), or several
search_bufferrequiredanythe buffer around each node, or one per distance
metrictextIIC (default) or PC
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (PC: 0.5)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge (default 0.01)
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)
attributeanya numeric column or a value per node (default: area)
area_unittextha (default), m2, km2, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2
thresholdnumbernodes farther apart are not joined

conn.graph#

A habitat graph (landschaft's HabitatGraph): nodes with an attribute (an area, a quality) and the distances, probabilities or links between pairs of them, from a table of nodes and a table of pairs (from, to, value) or an n x n matrix.

InputTypeWhat it is
nodesrequiredtablea row per node: its id and attribute
pairsrequiredtable(from, to, value) rows, or an n x n matrix
OutputTypeWhat it is
graphhabitat_graphthe habitat graph
SettingTypeWhat it is
kindtextwhat the pairs' values are: distance (default), probability or link (0/1)
conventiontextmakurhini (default) or conefor: the rules of the indices
landscape_areanumberthe landscape's area, for LCP, IIC and PC (Conefor's default 1; Makurhini's none)
idtextthe nodes' id column (default id; else 1, 2...)
attributetextthe nodes' attribute column (default attribute)
restorationtexta column of 1 (existing node) or 0 (node to add): the importances of nodes to restore
fromtextthe pairs' columns (default from, to, value)
totextthe pairs' second node column
valuetextthe pairs' value column

conn.graph_from_raster#

A habitat graph of the patches of a raster (landschaft's HabitatGraph.from_raster): the nodes' attributes and the distances between them (conn.nodes and conn.distances); its values map back onto the patches (conn.to_map).

InputTypeWhat it is
mapmapthe patches: a patch id per cell, or classes with habitat
vectorvectoror the nodes as features (polygons)
resistancemapthe resistance of least-cost and commute-time distances
OutputTypeWhat it is
graphhabitat_graphthe habitat graph
SettingTypeWhat it is
habitatanythe habitat classes (a number or several): their patches are the nodes
directionsintegerthe patches' neighbours with habitat: 8 (default) or 4
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)
attributeanya value per patch, in the order of their ids (default: area)
weightedboolthe attribute times the area (default false)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2
distancetextcentroid (default), edge, least-cost (gdistance's, over the resistance) or commute-time; the least-cost and commute-time distances join the patches' centroids, as Makurhini's
max_distancenumberthe pairs up to it (default all)
distance_unittextof centroid and edge distances: m (default), km, inch, foot, yard or mile
cost_directionsintegerof the costs: 8 (default) or 4
cost_functiontextthe conductance between cells: makurhini (default, 1 / the destination's resistance) or mean
unreachabletextpairs the resistance does not join: euclidean (default, the straight distance) or drop
kindtextwhat the pairs' values are: distance (default), probability or link (0/1)
conventiontextmakurhini (default) or conefor: the rules of the indices
landscape_areanumberthe landscape's area, for LCP, IIC and PC (Conefor's default 1; Makurhini's none)
restorationanyper patch, in the order of their ids, 1 (existing) or 0 (to add)

conn.graph_from_samc#

A habitat graph of settlement probabilities (landschaft's HabitatGraph.from_samc, Makurhini's MK_dPCIIC with samc): the nodes' attributes and, between them, the probability that a walker leaving one settles in the other (conn.settlement_probabilities).

InputTypeWhat it is
vectorrequiredvectorthe nodes (polygons)
resistancerequiredmapthe resistance
absorptionmapevery cell's absorption, 0 to 1
OutputTypeWhat it is
graphhabitat_grapha graph of probabilities
SettingTypeWhat it is
attributeanya value per patch, in the order of their ids (default: area)
weightedboolthe attribute times the area (default false)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2
kindtextwhat the pairs' values are: distance (default), probability or link (0/1)
conventiontextmakurhini (default) or conefor: the rules of the indices
landscape_areanumberthe landscape's area, for LCP, IIC and PC (Conefor's default 1; Makurhini's none)
dispersal_distancenumberelse the absorption from it
directionsinteger4 or 8 (default)
cost_functiontextmean (default) or makurhini
verticesintegerboundary vertices per node (default 10)
vertex_fractionnumberor their share of the node's vertices
settletextsum (default) or mean over the cells
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)

conn.graph_from_vector#

A habitat graph of vector features (landschaft's HabitatGraph.from_vector): the nodes' attributes and the distances between them (conn.nodes and conn.distances on the features); its values join back onto the features (conn.to_vector).

InputTypeWhat it is
vectorvectoror the nodes as features (polygons)
resistancemapthe resistance of least-cost and commute-time distances
OutputTypeWhat it is
graphhabitat_graphthe habitat graph
SettingTypeWhat it is
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)
attributeanya value per patch, in the order of their ids (default: area)
weightedboolthe attribute times the area (default false)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2
distancetextcentroid (default), edge, least-cost (gdistance's, over the resistance) or commute-time; the least-cost and commute-time distances join the patches' centroids, as Makurhini's
max_distancenumberthe pairs up to it (default all)
distance_unittextof centroid and edge distances: m (default), km, inch, foot, yard or mile
cost_directionsintegerof the costs: 8 (default) or 4
cost_functiontextthe conductance between cells: makurhini (default, 1 / the destination's resistance) or mean
unreachabletextpairs the resistance does not join: euclidean (default, the straight distance) or drop
kindtextwhat the pairs' values are: distance (default), probability or link (0/1)
conventiontextmakurhini (default) or conefor: the rules of the indices
landscape_areanumberthe landscape's area, for LCP, IIC and PC (Conefor's default 1; Makurhini's none)
restorationanyper feature, 1 (existing) or 0 (to add)

conn.make_grid#

A grid of hexagons (sf's st_make_grid) or squares of a given area over a region (Makurhini's make_grid): the cells that meet the region, clipped to it or only those wholly inside.

InputTypeWhat it is
regionrequiredvectorthe region
OutputTypeWhat it is
gridvectorthe cells, OBJECTID 1, 2...
SettingTypeWhat it is
cell_areanumberthe cells' area, in the region's units squared
hexagonalboolhexagons (default) or squares
clipboolthe cells clipped to the region (default false)
grid_boundaryboolonly the cells wholly inside the region

conn.metapopulation#

A metapopulation in a network of habitat patches over time, Hanski's incidence function model as R's MetaLandSim (spom) simulates it, the same run for a seed: every step, each patch's connectivity to the occupied patches (a kernel of the distance times their areas), an empty patch colonised with a probability that grows with it, an occupied one lost with a probability that falls with its area (and with the rescue effect, with its colonisation). Every patch's final occupancy and incidence (the share of steps occupied), and the patches occupied at every step.

InputTypeWhat it is
patchesrequiredanythe patches: a table (x, y, area, occupied) or points
OutputTypeWhat it is
patchestableper patch: patch, x, y, area, occupied (at the end), incidence (the share of steps occupied)
tabletableper step (0 the start): step, occupied, occupied_area, colonised, extinct
SettingTypeWhat it is
stepsintegerthe steps (default 100)
alpharequirednumberthe kernel's α: 1 / the mean dispersal distance
xrequirednumberextinction's scaling with area (x)
yrequirednumbercolonisation's y
erequirednumberextinction's e: the probability of a patch of area 1
bnumberthe sources' areas' exponent in the connectivity (default 1)
kerneltextexponential (default) or power: 1 / (1 + α d^beta)
betanumberthe power kernel's beta (default 1)
connectivitytextplain (default) or area: times the patch's area^c1
c1numberwith area connectivity: the exponent
colonisationtextlogistic (default, S²/(S²+y²)), exponential (1 - exp(-y S)) or power (S^z/(S^z + 1/c2))
c2numberwith power colonisation: c2
znumberwith power colonisation: z
extinctiontextarea (default, min(1, e/A^x)), exponential (1 - exp(-e/A^x)) or rescue (e/A^x (1 - C)^r)
rnumberwith the rescue effect: its exponent
areatextthe patches' area column or attribute (default area)
occupiedtextthe occupancy column or attribute (default occupied)
seedintegerR's set.seed (default 1)

conn.node_importance#

Every node's importance (Conefor's dI, Makurhini's MK_dPCIIC): the share of each index lost without it and the intra, flux and connector fractions of dIIC and dPC; the betweenness BC, BC(IIC) and BC(PC) when asked for. On a graph with nodes to restore, the gain of adding each (Makurhini's dIICres and dPCres, or Conefor's d*add). A row per node and distance. As in Conefor and Makurhini, a node is taken out of the graph as it is: the distances between the others are not measured again, so with least-cost distances the detours it forces are missed.

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha habitat graph
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablethe importances
SettingTypeWhat it is
distanceanythe link distance (the distance of probability), or several: a row each (default: Makurhini's median of the distances; Conefor needs one)
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge (default 0.01 Makurhini, 0 Conefor)
metricsanyof A, NC, NL, H, CCP, LCP, IIC, F, AWF, PC, BC, BCIIC, BCPC (default all but the betweenness)

conn.nodes#

The nodes of a habitat graph from a raster of patches or from features (landschaft's node_table, Makurhini's nodesfile): each patch's id and attribute, its area by default (GDAL's area of the polygons).

InputTypeWhat it is
mapmapthe patches: a patch id per cell, or classes with habitat
vectorvectoror the nodes as features (polygons)
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletableid and attribute
SettingTypeWhat it is
habitatanythe habitat classes (a number or several): their patches are the nodes
directionsintegerthe patches' neighbours with habitat: 8 (default) or 4
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)
attributeanya value per patch, in the order of their ids (default: area)
weightedboolthe attribute times the area (default false)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2

conn.overall#

A habitat graph's connectivity (Conefor's indices, Makurhini's MK_dPCIIC overall): A, NC (components), NL (links), H (Harary), CCP, LCP, IIC and its equivalent connectivity and fractions, F, AWF, PC and its equivalent connectivity and fractions; a row per distance.

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha habitat graph
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablethe indices
SettingTypeWhat it is
distanceanythe link distance (the distance of probability), or several: a row each (default: Makurhini's median of the distances; Conefor needs one)
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge (default 0.01 Makurhini, 0 Conefor)
metricsanyof A, NC, NL, H, CCP, LCP, IIC, F, AWF, PC (default all; no probabilities on links)

conn.protconn#

Saura's ProtConn (Makurhini's MK_ProtConn, landschaft's protconn): the share of a region protected and connected. The protected areas clipped to the region and dissolved are the nodes (and the transboundary ones within a distance of it; the region's parts with bound); PC's numerator over the most probable paths between them gives ECA, PC, Prot, ProtConn, ProtUnconn, RelConn and ProtConn's fractions. With delta, every protected area's importance.

InputTypeWhat it is
regionrequiredvectorthe region (its features dissolved)
protectedrequiredvectorthe protected areas (polygons)
resistancemapthe resistance of least-cost distances
OutputTypeWhat it is
deltavectorwith delta: the clipped protected areas, their dProt, dProtConn and varProtConn per distance
tabletablethe indicators per distance
SettingTypeWhat it is
deltaboolevery protected area's importance too (default false)
distancerequiredanythe median dispersal distance, or several
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5; null: exp(-1))
transboundarynumberthe distance of the transboundary nodes
transboundary_typetextaround the nodes (default) or around the region
boundboolthe region's parts as nodes (ProtConn_Bound)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2
distance_typetextedge (default) or least-cost
transboundary_weightnumberthe weight of transboundary pairs (1)
cost_directionsintegerof least-cost: 8 (default) or 4
cost_functiontextmakurhini (default) or mean
preselectboolkeep only the protected areas near the region (true)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge (default 0)

conn.protconn_raster#

ProtConn of a raster of protected areas (landschaft's protconn_raster): its patches inside the region (the region's features rasterized on its grid, or a raster of the region) are the nodes, at their centroids; transboundary patches within a distance of them or of the region, and the region's parts with bound.

InputTypeWhat it is
protectedrequiredmapthe protected areas: a patch id per cell
regionvectorthe region as features
region_mapmapor as a raster (its cells with a value)
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablethe indicators per distance
SettingTypeWhat it is
distancerequiredanythe median dispersal distance, or several
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5; null: exp(-1))
transboundarynumberthe distance of the transboundary nodes
transboundary_typetextaround the nodes (default) or the region
boundboolthe region's parts as nodes
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha...
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge (default 0)

conn.protconn_regions#

ProtConn for every region of several (landschaft's protconn_regions): conn.protconn's indicators with a row per region and distance.

InputTypeWhat it is
regionsrequiredvectorthe regions, one feature each
protectedrequiredvectorthe protected areas (polygons)
resistancemapthe resistance of least-cost distances
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletablethe indicators per distance
SettingTypeWhat it is
idtextthe regions' id column (default 1, 2...)
distancerequiredanythe median dispersal distance, or several
probabilitynumberthe probability at that distance (default 0.5; null: exp(-1))
transboundarynumberthe distance of the transboundary nodes
transboundary_typetextaround the nodes (default) or around the region
boundboolthe region's parts as nodes (ProtConn_Bound)
area_unittextm2 (default), km2, ha, Dam2, inch2, foot2, yard2 or mile2
distance_typetextedge (default) or least-cost
transboundary_weightnumberthe weight of transboundary pairs (1)
cost_directionsintegerof least-cost: 8 (default) or 4
cost_functiontextmakurhini (default) or mean
preselectboolkeep only the protected areas near the region (true)
pij_minnumberprobabilities below it make no edge (default 0)

conn.read_conefor#

A habitat graph from Conefor Sensinode's files: the node file (an id and an attribute per line) and the connection file (id id value lines, or an n x n matrix).

OutputTypeWhat it is
graphhabitat_graphthe habitat graph
SettingTypeWhat it is
kindtextwhat the pairs' values are: distance (default), probability or link (0/1)
conventiontextmakurhini (default) or conefor: the rules of the indices
landscape_areanumberthe landscape's area, for LCP, IIC and PC (Conefor's default 1; Makurhini's none)
nodesrequiredtextthe node file
connectionsrequiredtextthe connection file

conn.settlement_probabilities#

The probabilities of settling between habitat nodes (landschaft's settlement_probabilities, the samc package's model): a random walk over a resistance (to a neighbour with the probability of its conductance, 1 / the mean resistance by default), absorbed at each cell with a probability (an absorption raster, or none inside the nodes and exp(-1.247 - 1.788 log(dispersal distance / cell)) elsewhere); the probability that a walker leaving one node settles in another, over the cells of their boundary vertices.

InputTypeWhat it is
vectorrequiredvectorthe nodes (polygons)
resistancerequiredmapthe resistance
absorptionmapevery cell's absorption, 0 to 1
OutputTypeWhat it is
tabletableid and a column per node: the probabilities (1 on the diagonal)
SettingTypeWhat it is
dispersal_distancenumberelse the absorption from it
directionsinteger4 or 8 (default)
cost_functiontextmean (default) or makurhini
verticesintegerboundary vertices per node (default 10)
vertex_fractionnumberor their share of the node's vertices
settletextsum (default) or mean over the cells
idtextthe features' id column (default 1, 2...)

conn.to_map#

Per-node values on the patches of a graph made from a raster (landschaft's HabitatGraph.to_raster): every cell of a node the value of its id in the table; missing elsewhere.

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha graph from conn.graph_from_raster
tablerequiredtablea row per node: its id and values (conn.node_importance...)
OutputTypeWhat it is
mapmapthe values on the patches
SettingTypeWhat it is
columnrequiredtextthe column of the values
idtextthe column of the ids (default id)

conn.to_vector#

A table of nodes joined onto the features of a graph made from them (landschaft's HabitatGraph.to_geodataframe): a feature per row of the table (its id's), with the table's columns.

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha graph from conn.graph_from_vector
tablerequiredtablea row per node and distance: its id and values
OutputTypeWhat it is
vectorvectorthe features with the table's columns
SettingTypeWhat it is
idtextthe column of the ids (default id)

conn.write_conefor#

A habitat graph written as Conefor Sensinode's node and connection files (the pairs with a value).

InputTypeWhat it is
graphrequiredhabitat_grapha habitat graph
OutputTypeWhat it is
nodestextthe node file written
connectionstextthe connection file written
SettingTypeWhat it is
nodesrequiredtextthe node file
connectionsrequiredtextthe connection file

networks.conefor#

The habitat network of an MSPA map as Conefor Sensinode's inputs, as GuidosToolbox's nw_cs22 (landschaft's conefor_inputs): the cores as nodes (negative ids, their area) and the bridges (positive ids, area 0), a link from every bridge to every core it touches at distance 1.

InputTypeWhat it is
maprequiredmapthe MSPA map (landscape.mspa)
OutputTypeWhat it is
nodestableid and pixels per node
linkstablelink, node and distance per link
nodes_txttextConefor's nodes file
links_txttextConefor's links file

networks.gtn_components#

The components of the habitat network of an MSPA map, as GuidosToolbox's nw_components (landschaft's gtn_components): cores (nodes) and bridges (links) grouped into 8-connected components, only the cores habitat; the equivalent connected area ECA = sqrt(sum of the components' core areas squared), ECA_max (all one component) and the coherence ECA / ECA_max.

InputTypeWhat it is
maprequiredmapthe MSPA map (landscape.mspa)
OutputTypeWhat it is
mapmapGTB's colours: the networks by component, isolated cores, missing
componentsmapthe component of every core and bridge cell (0 elsewhere)
statstableper component: its core and bridge cells, all, whether it has a bridge (1), and in hectares
summarytablecomponents, networks, isolated cores, nodes, links, ECA (ha or cells), ECA in cells, ECA_max, ECA_max in cells, coherence (%)
reporttextGTB's log
SettingTypeWhat it is
pixel_sizeanya cell's size in metres, for hectares (default the grid's)

networks.gtn_importance#

The importance of every link (bridge) and stepping-stone node (core with two links or more) of the habitat network of an MSPA map, as GuidosToolbox's nw_importance (landschaft's gtn_importance): the loss of connectivity (dPC, the drop of PC's numerator, %) without it; links positive and nodes negative on the maps; in GTB's colours, those within 1, 5 and 10 % of the most important (at least 99, 95 and 90 % of its dPC).

InputTypeWhat it is
maprequiredmapthe MSPA map (landscape.mspa)
OutputTypeWhat it is
mapmapGTB's colours: cores, bridges, links and nodes within 1, 5, 10 % of the most important
importancemapdPC of every link (positive) and node (negative) on its cells
idsmapthe link (positive) or node (negative) of every cell
linkstableper link: its component, cells, dPC, the nodes it joins, its importance normalized to the largest (%)
nodestableper stepping-stone node: its component, cells, dPC, links (degree), normalized importance (%)
reporttextGTB's report (_cs.txt)
SettingTypeWhat it is
titletextthe report's first line