The Quantification of Landscape Metrics in the Protected Areas: The Case Study of Sorkhabad Protected Area, Zanjan Province, Iran

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Hosseini Seyedeh Fariba

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Journal: TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING Year:2021 | Volume:13 | Issue:2 Page(s): 545-565

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Title

The Quantification of Landscape Metrics in the Protected Areas: The Case Study of Sorkhabad Protected Area, Zanjan Province, Iran

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Hosseini Seyedeh Fariba | Issue Writer Certificate

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land cover changeQ4

landscapeQ4

protected areaQ4

SorkhabadQ4

ZanjanQ4

Abstract

One of the environmental hazards and ecological crises that our world is facing now is the phenomenon of land use change. The timely and accurate detection of these changes and land features has an essential role in better understanding the relationships and interactions between human and natural phenomena in order to better manage and use natural resources using theoretical-analytical method. The present study examined and analyzed metrics related to a period of over 30 years. Sorkhabad protected area was selected as the target area. The TM-ETM_OLI image series of Landsat satellite in two periods were exploited to investigate the trend of changes using Envi software and the maximum probability classification method with 86% accuracy of information. Then, the available metrics in Fragstate software were used to process the data at three levels, namely patch, class, and landscape. Along with analyzing and evaluating these three levels, the changes in vegetation and animal distribution changes map – prepared by the Zanjan Environmental Research Center foresters in order to map the distribution of native animals of the province – was also examined. The results showed that the conversion of pasturelands into agricultural lands has caused the loss of soil and vegetation and has negatively affected the habitat and population of caracal and deer species that are dependent on these environments. Moreover, overgrazing and deforestation have reduced the growth of forestlands, this has led to the destruction of the habitat of leopard and brown bear, and these changes have also contributed to habitat destruction.

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