Risks assessment of forest project implementation in spatial density changes of forest under canopy vegetation using artificial neural network modeling approach   Nowadays, environmental risk assessment has been defined as one of the effective in environmental planning and policy making. Considering the position and structure of vegetation on the forest floor, the main role of forest under ca...

The aim of this study was to detect change of the forest area in the north of Iran between 1994 and 2001. The study area was covered by a 1:25000 topographic map (about 15000 ha) in Babol forests. The forest map of 1994 was extracted from 1:25000 topographic digital map. Landsat 7 ETM+ image dated July 30, 2001 was analyzed to produce the forest map for the end of the period. Since the evaluati...

Density and diversity of birds in two different forest zones, namely, Shasta Kalateh Protected Forest and Alangdareh Recreational Forest, were estimated and compared. Birds and environmental variables were recorded within 25 m radius in 100 sampling points. The first axis of Canonical Component Analysis segregated two main groups of birds. The first group consisted of Black Woodpecker, Great Sp...

In order to map the forest canopy density Bivareh Ilam Landsat 8 satellite data of 22 July 2014 and FCD model was used. The FCD of four indicators of vegetation, soil, shade and the heat index by applying a suitable threshold was and the density of vegetation and forest canopy density map based on FCD in percent respectively. Forest density map obtained, according to the classes provided by the...

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to predict the mortality rate of colorectal cancer in Iranian patients and determine the effective factors  on the mortality of patients with colorectal cancer using random forest and logistic regression methods.   Methods: Data from 304 patients with colorectal cancer registry from the Gastroenterology and Liver Research Center of Shah...

Estimating the extent of changes in forest and rangelands land cover, leads to a clear understanding of the growth or decline of these natural areas and planning for effective protection of these national assets. The aim of current study was to reveal the trend of land-use changes in the Dizmar protected area of Arasbaran vegetative area, using MSS sensor of Landsat-5 for 1984, ETM+ sensor of L...

The purpose of this study was to investigate some environmental factors of Zagros forest dieback. In this regard, raster layers of elevation, slope, aspect, hillshade, toposhape and the land formation of Zagros forests in Ilam province were prepared. The distribution map of live and dieback forest cover were also prepared, using Landsat 8 panchromatic images. Then, the percentage of dieback for...