یکی از مهم ترین عوامل موثر در وقوع آتش سوزی در مناطق خشک، پوشش گیاهی و شرایط آب و هوایی منطقه می باشد. منطقه حفاظت شده باغ شادی یکی از مناطق جنگلی استان یزد بوده که بیش ترین آتش سوزی های استان در آن رخ داده است. به منظور بررسی عوامل موثر بر وقوع آتش سوزی در این منطقه از روش تحلیل سلسله مراتبی (ahp) استفاده شد و معیارهای فیزیوگرافی شامل سه زیرمعیار ارتفاع، شیب و جهت شیب، اقلیم شامل دو زیرمعیار د...

The aim of this study is investigates the effects of different patches shrubs on the soil surface indicators in Gub Gugeh rangelands, in Golestan Province. The sampling was taken along transects of 50 meters, which are 10 meters away from each other. Via LFA models, three factors of stability, infiltration and nutrient cycling using 11 indicators of surface soil in patch and inter-patch were me...

Vegetation in any landscape reflects its health condition. Monitoring land use change and land cover plays a key role in environmental planning and management. Mazandaran province has always been considered by tourists due to its high tourism potential and consequently the vegetation, especially the forest, has been damaged. In this study, vegetation Contiguity and integrity in Mazandaran using...

Knowledge about long-term land cover/use changes is essential for evaluating and predicting their consequent problems by urban managers and policymakers. Remote sensing with landscape metrics is an effective tool for monitoring these changes in urban cores and their peripheral areas. During the recent decades, industrial and urban growth, and immigration of people into Isfahan metropolitan area...

  Determining landscape parameters influencing species richness of habitat patches is one of the most important issues in conservation biology. Many previous studies have investigated the influence of habitat parameters on bird assemblages in forest patches, but studies seeking effects of oasis parameters on bird assemblages are very scarce. Karkas Protected Area is located in semi-arid zone in...

The aim of this research was to compare the rangelands structure and landscape degradation in Iril sub-watersheds, Ardabil province. Land use map and the Landscape Fragmentation Tool were used to determine 4 classes of patch, edge, perforated and core through 5, 10, 15 and 20m cell sizes. The landscape metrics of LPI, ED, cohesion, mesh, split, and AI were calculated using Fragstats software. R...

The present study aimed to assess the spatio-temporal changes in the natural vegetation cover of Ahl Iman watershed, Ardabil province. For this purpose, land use maps of the three years (2000, 2010, and 2020) were extracted from Landsat satellite images. Then, seven landscape metrics (patch density, edge density, patch richness, splitting index, contagion index, Euclidean nearest neighbor dista...