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However, the selection of landscape metrics is often subjective, and existing composite landscape metrics rarely consider the effects of spatial correlation. A more objective approach to formulating composite landscape metrics involves proper weighting that incorporates spatial structure information into integrating individual conventional metrics selected for building a composite metric. This paper proposes an integrated spatial landscape index (ISLI) based on variogram modeling and entropy weighting. It was tested through a case study, which sought to analyze spatiotemporal changes in the landscape pattern in the Changbai Mountains over 30 years based on six global land-cover products with a fine classification system at 30 m resolution (GLC_FCS30). The test results confirm: (1) spatial structure information is useful for weighting conventional landscape pattern metrics when constructing ISLI as validated by correlation analysis between the incorporated conventional metrics and their variogram ranges. In terms of the range parameters of different land cover types, broadleaf forest and needleleaf forest have much larger range values than those of other land cover types; (2) DIVISION and PLAND, two of the conventional landscape metrics considered for constructing ISLI, were assigned the greatest weights in computing ISLI for this study; and (3) ISLI values can be used to determine the dominant landscape types. For the study area, ISLI values of broadleaf forests remained the largest until 2020, indicating that forest landscape characteristics were the most prominent during that period. After 2020, the dominance of needleleaf forest gradually increased, with its ISLI value reaching a maximum of 0.91 in 2025. 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