Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis

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Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis. / Andronache, Ion; Fensholt, Rasmus; Ahammer, Helmut; Ciobotaru, Ana Maria; Pintilii, Radu Daniel; Peptenatu, Daniel; Draghici, Cristian Constantin; Diaconu, Daniel Constantin; Radulović, Marko; Pulighe, Giuseppe; Azihou, Akomian Fortuné; Toyi, Mireille Scholastique; Sinsin, Brice.

In: Forests, Vol. 8, No. 3, 54, 2017.

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Harvard

Andronache, I, Fensholt, R, Ahammer, H, Ciobotaru, AM, Pintilii, RD, Peptenatu, D, Draghici, CC, Diaconu, DC, Radulović, M, Pulighe, G, Azihou, AF, Toyi, MS & Sinsin, B 2017, 'Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis', Forests, vol. 8, no. 3, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8030054

APA

Andronache, I., Fensholt, R., Ahammer, H., Ciobotaru, A. M., Pintilii, R. D., Peptenatu, D., Draghici, C. C., Diaconu, D. C., Radulović, M., Pulighe, G., Azihou, A. F., Toyi, M. S., & Sinsin, B. (2017). Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis. Forests, 8(3), [54]. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8030054

Vancouver

Andronache I, Fensholt R, Ahammer H, Ciobotaru AM, Pintilii RD, Peptenatu D et al. Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis. Forests. 2017;8(3). 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/f8030054

Author

Andronache, Ion ; Fensholt, Rasmus ; Ahammer, Helmut ; Ciobotaru, Ana Maria ; Pintilii, Radu Daniel ; Peptenatu, Daniel ; Draghici, Cristian Constantin ; Diaconu, Daniel Constantin ; Radulović, Marko ; Pulighe, Giuseppe ; Azihou, Akomian Fortuné ; Toyi, Mireille Scholastique ; Sinsin, Brice. / Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis. In: Forests. 2017 ; Vol. 8, No. 3.

Bibtex

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title = "Assessment of textural differentiations in forest resources in Romania using fractal analysis",
abstract = "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.",
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author = "Ion Andronache and Rasmus Fensholt and Helmut Ahammer and Ciobotaru, {Ana Maria} and Pintilii, {Radu Daniel} and Daniel Peptenatu and Draghici, {Cristian Constantin} and Diaconu, {Daniel Constantin} and Marko Radulovi{\'c} and Giuseppe Pulighe and Azihou, {Akomian Fortun{\'e}} and Toyi, {Mireille Scholastique} and Brice Sinsin",
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AU - Fensholt, Rasmus

AU - Ahammer, Helmut

AU - Ciobotaru, Ana Maria

AU - Pintilii, Radu Daniel

AU - Peptenatu, Daniel

AU - Draghici, Cristian Constantin

AU - Diaconu, Daniel Constantin

AU - Radulović, Marko

AU - Pulighe, Giuseppe

AU - Azihou, Akomian Fortuné

AU - Toyi, Mireille Scholastique

AU - Sinsin, Brice

PY - 2017

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N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Box-counting method

KW - Deforestation

KW - Forest management

KW - Forest resources

KW - Fractal analysis

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DO - 10.3390/f8030054

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JO - Forests

JF - Forests

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