Neutral landscape models based on fractal algorithms are used widely by landscape ecologists. Perlin noise is a spectral synthesis algorithm that has not been widely adopted by landscape ecologists, even though the hierarchical properties of Perlin noise are particularly relevant to landscape ecology. To encourage the use of Perlin noise, I provide an explanation of the algorithm in the context of neutral landscape models to demonstrate that the hierarchical nature of the algorithm not only allows for a wide range of possible spatial patterns to be produced, but also usefully parallels theories about the hierarchical structure of landscapes.

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柏林噪声作为分层中性景观模型

景观生态学家广泛使用基于分形算法的中性景观模型。Perlin 噪声是一种尚未被景观生态学家广泛采用的光谱合成算法，尽管 Perlin 噪声的分层特性与景观生态学特别相关。为了鼓励使用 Perlin 噪声，我在中性景观模型的背景下对该算法进行了解释，以证明该算法的分层性质不仅允许产生各种可能的空间模式，而且还可以有效地并行景观层次结构的理论。