Spatial and Environmental Data Tools for Landscape Ecology

Provides functions for landscape analysis and data retrieval. The package allows users to download environmental variables from global datasets (e.g., WorldClim, CHELSA, ESA WorldCover, Nighttime Lights), and to compute spatial and landscape metrics using a hexagonal grid system based on the H3 spatial index. It is useful for ecological modeling, biodiversity studies, and spatial data processing in landscape ecology. Fick and Hijmans (2017) . Zanaga et al. (2022) . Uber Technologies Inc. (2022) "H3: Hexagonal hierarchical spatial index". Román et al. (2018) . Karger et al. (2017) . Brun et al. (2022) .

paisaje

paisaje

paisaje: Tools for spatial and landscape/habitat analysis.

Overview

paisaje is an R package for calculating landscape metrics and performing spatial analysis over raster and vector data, including H3 hexagonal grids.
It provides tools to quantify habitat structure, fragmentation, and landscape patterns, supporting ecological research, environmental monitoring, and spatial data integration using hierarchical grid systems.

Key features include:

• Calculation of landscape metrics for categorical raster layers
• Generation and analysis of H3 hexagonal grids for spatial modeling
• Integration with spatial packages like terra and sf
• Flexible extraction of metrics at different spatial resolutions
• Functions for habitat and landscape characterization

By combining powerful spatial analysis tools with a user-friendly API, paisaje facilitates landscape ecology studies, habitat assessment, and spatial modeling workflows.

Installation

You can install the development version of paisaje from GitHub using one of the following methods:

# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("ManuelSpinola/paisaje")

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("ManuelSpinola/paisaje")

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("ManuelSpinola/paisaje")

License

This package is released under the MIT License.