Introduction to Site Representativeness Importance Values
- A single number inversely reflecting the overall representativeness of a network can be calculated as the sum of the shortest Euclidean distance from every ecoregion to the closest ecoregion containing a site
- By calculating the network representativeness with and without a particular site, the marginal contribution of that site to the representativeness of that network can be calculated
- The difference between the representativeness of the network with and without this site is called the Site Representativeness Importance Value, and reflects the marginal contribution of that site to the representativeness of the network
- Site Representativeness Importance Value has a very specialized meaning with regard to network representativeness