Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to identify the long-term area changes in the subalpine coniferous forests in Korea as a basic step to understand the changes and decline in ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to identify the long-term area changes in the subalpine coniferous forests in Korea as a basic step to understand the changes and decline in the subalpine forest ecosystems vulnerable to climate change. We analyzed time-series Landsat satellite images (mid 1990s, mid 2010s) for change detection of coniferous forest area in nationwide subalpine areas. As a result, the area of coniferous forests in the study sites decreased by 25% over last 20 years. The sites with the largest changes are Seoraksan, Baegunsan, Jirisan, and Hallasan. The site shown the largest decrease area was Baegunsan (reduced area: 542ha), and the site with the largest rate of decrease of clustered forest was Hallasan (rate of decrease: 33.3%). This national and long-term information on the change of coniferous forests in the subalpine region can be utilized as base data for the detailed survey of endangered subalpine coniferous trees in the future.
Date of Conference: 22-27 July 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 04 November 2018
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