MODELING THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON TYPE AND DENSITY OF LAND COVER
Nooshin MARDANI1, Jamal GHODDOUSI2, Nematollah KHORASANI3, Shadi MARDANI1, Mehdi FARAHPOOR3 & Reza LOTFI4
1Department of Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran,
2Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, Tehran, Iran,
3Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran,
4Science and culture University, Tehran, Iran,
Corresponding authors: Mardani.nooshin@gmail.com; Cell phone: 098(912)3716824
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Abstract
Examination of relationships between plant communities with environmental factors is considered among the most important and complex issues related to natural resources and environmental management topics. In the present study, some of the most important environmental factors affecting growth and distribution of natural plant communities existed in Zanjanrood Watershed as well as their relations are discussed. For this purpose, the land use maps related to the years 1987, 1998, 2002 and 2009 were prepared using hybrid unsupervised method and the land cover density map was provided by means of NDVI. Subsequently, the diversity status of the plant species was determined in the area using alpha diversity indices. Information related to temperature and precipitation was obtained through statistics and meteorological data within a 60 year statistical period. Finally, using regression relationships and cluster analysis the role of each independent variable (environmental factors) on plant biodiversity was specified separately. The obtained results revealed a significant impressibility of plant communities by environmental factors during the years of the research. The highest correlation between environmental factors with tested vegetative characteristics is observed between elevation classes with vegetation types and density.
Keywords:
- biodiversity
- rangeland
- types
- land
- cover
- density
- environmental
- variables
- conceptual
- model
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Nooshin MARDANI, Jamal GHODDOUSI, Nematollah KHORASANI, Shadi MARDANI, Mehdi FARAHPOOR & Reza LOTFI
(2012). MODELING THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON TYPE AND DENSITY OF LAND COVER
(2012). MODELING THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON TYPE AND DENSITY OF LAND COVER
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