Use of spatial pattern analysis to assess forest cover changes in the Mediterranean region of Turkey

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dc.authorid0000-0001-6558-9029en_US
dc.contributor.authorBozali, Nuri
dc.contributor.authorSivrikaya, Fatih
dc.contributor.authorAkay, Abdullah Emin
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-20T20:15:06Z
dc.date.available2021-03-20T20:15:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentBTÜ, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.descriptionSivrikaya, Fatih/0000-0003-0860-6747; Akay, Abdullah Emin/0000-0001-6558-9029en_US
dc.description.abstractAssessment and monitoring of changes in land use are among the most important means of understanding of forest ecosystem dynamics. The main objective of this study was to investigate the spatio-temporal variability of forest cover changes by use of spatial pattern analysis. The study was performed in BaAYkonuAY Forest Enterprise in the Mediterranean city of KahramanmaraAY in Turkey. The spatio-temporal variability of forest structures from 1992 to 2012 was analyzed by use of the Geographical Information Systems tool ArcGIS 10.0 and the spatial statistical package FRAGSTATS. The results indicated that forest areas increased from 11,446 to 11,827 ha, which is approximately 2 % of the study area. There was also a substantial increase (9.7 %) in productive forests, whereas degraded forests decreased by 7.8 %. Silvicultural treatment, rehabilitation, and conversion of coppice forests to high forests were the main forces driving forest cover changes in the study area. According to FRAGSTATS results, the total number of patches increased from 554 to 1610 between 1992 and 2012. As a result, the forest ecosystem in the study area became highly fragmented over the study period, because of the increase in the number of patches and the decrease in mean patch size; this negatively affected maintenance of biodiversity in the region.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10310-015-0493-2en_US
dc.identifier.endpage374en_US
dc.identifier.issn1341-6979
dc.identifier.issn1610-7403
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage365en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-015-0493-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/1149
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000358149100001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorAkay, Abdullah Emin
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Japan Kken_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Forest Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectForest cover changesen_US
dc.subjectGISen_US
dc.subjectLand use changesen_US
dc.subjectSpatial analysisen_US
dc.titleUse of spatial pattern analysis to assess forest cover changes in the Mediterranean region of Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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