Terrain ruggedness index for Tehachapi

Aug 4, 2011
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We used a tool created by the above authors to develop a vector ruggedness measure (VRM) of terrain in our study area based on a geomorphological method for measuring vector dispersion that is less correlated with slope.  This measure of ruggedness incorporates variability in both the aspect and gradient component of slope and provides a more biologically meaningful way to measure terrain ruggedness.
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J.M. Sappington, K.M. Longshore, and D.B. Thomson
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Sappington, J.M., K.M. Longshore, and D.B. Thomson. 2007. Quantifiying Landscape Ruggedness for Animal Habitat Anaysis: A case Study Using Bighorn Sheep in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71(5): 1419 -1426
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