Delineation of Suitable Areas for Acer Monspessulanum Using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation Approach and Landuse/Cover Mapping (Case Study: Golestan Province in the North of Iran)

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Abdolrassoul Salman MAHINY¹  Farhad HONARDUST¹  Hashem HABASHI¹  Mohammad RAHMANI¹  Armin MASHAYEKHAN¹  Seyed Mohammad WAEZ MOUSAVI¹ 

关键词: Fuzzy logic;    MCE;    AHP;    Habitat;    Acer monspessulanum;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Nobel Bilim ve Arasirma Merkezi/Nobel Science and Research Cente

【 摘 要 】

Acermonspessulanumplaysakeyroleindeterminingthefunctionofforestecosystemsinthesemi-aridlands.Therefore,assessmentofAcermonspessulanumhabitatisimportanttounderstandtheecosystemfunctioningintheseregionsandforappliedpurposes,suchasreforestationmanagementandlandevaluation.Reforestationplanning,evaluationandimplementationareimportantinareaswhereabiotic,bioticandanthropogenicdisturbanceshavechangedforestareas.ThispaperpresentsamodeltoassessAcermonspessulanumhabitatinasemi-aridregion.Themodelisbasedongeographicinformationsystem(GIS)andfuzzylogic,comprisingninevariables.MCEmodelingprovidesatoolforevaluatinglandsuitability.Inthisarticle,weprovideaframeworktouseMCEmodelforreforestation.Specifically,wepresentacasestudyusingMCEsimulationmodelofreforestationinGharnavehwatershedofGolestanProvinceinthenorthofIran.TheAHPmethodwasappliedtoidentifythepriorityweightofeachfactor.Ninespatiallayerswiththeircorrespondingweightswerelinearlycombinedtopreparethesuitabilitymap.Themapwasclassifiedashigh,mediumandlowsuitablelandforthereforestation.Accordingtotheresults,inthestudyareathereareapproximately542,4508and1056hawithhigh,mediumandlowsuitabilityrespectively.Weconcludethatinthisparticularcaseactivereforestationisthemosteffectivemethodtoquicklyrestoreforestcover.OurresearchsuggeststhatMCEmodelarevaluabletoolsinthelandsuitabilityevaluationforreforestationdecisionmakingprocess.

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