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Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis / Ion Andronache in Forests, vol 8 n° 3 (March 2017)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 8 n° 3 (March 2017) Titre : Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ion Andronache, Auteur ; Rasmus Fensholt, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse fractale [Termes IGN] déboisement [Termes IGN] image Landsat-ETM+ [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier (techniques et méthodes) [Termes IGN] ressources forestières [Termes IGN] Roumanie [Termes IGN] texture d'image [Vedettes matières IGN] Inventaire forestier Résumé : (auteur) Deforestation and forest degradation have several negative effects on the environment including a loss of species habitats, disturbance of the water cycle and reduced ability to retain CO2, with consequences for global warming. We investigated the evolution of forest resources from development regions in Romania affected by both deforestation and reforestation using a non-Euclidean method based on fractal analysis. We calculated four fractal dimensions of forest areas: the fractal box-counting dimension of the forest areas, the fractal box-counting dimension of the dilated forest areas, the fractal dilation dimension and the box-counting dimension of the border of the dilated forest areas. Fractal analysis revealed morpho-structural and textural differentiations of forested, deforested and reforested areas in development regions with dominant mountain relief and high hills (more forested and compact organization) in comparison to the development regions dominated by plains or low hills (less forested, more fragmented with small and isolated clusters). Our analysis used the fractal analysis that has the advantage of analyzing the entire image, rather than studying local information, thereby enabling quantification of the uniformity, fragmentation, heterogeneity and homogeneity of forests. Numéro de notice : A2017-644 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f8030054 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.3390/f8030054 Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86996 [article]