Scholarly record
VEGETATION INDEX AND FOREST ANALYSIS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Abstract
Croatian territory is located at the transition region of Southeast Europe and the Mediterranean. Stretching through this area, Croatian territory is increasingly affecting dry periods affecting Europe. The task of this study was to perform analysis of ecosystems using MODIS products. Due to the large amount of data work was created using GIS tools for ease of reference in the data. The paper detailing the purpose and process of making it would be easier to interpret. Conclusions contribute to a better understanding of the distribution and adaptation of ecosystems in Croatia. As for the ecosystems in the Republic of Croatia have been shown to be in different parts of the country inhabit ecosystems that do not have a great ability to adapt to variations in weather conditions. In east regions is less possibility of deviation from the long-standing ways of adaptation of ecosystems. Most resilient ecosystems, which at the features of the terrain, as the weather, proved ecosystems on the Velebit mountain in central Croatia. Given the diversity of forests in the Croatian, area as such is suitable for the study of the main types of European forests and exposure to the latter extreme climatic phenomena in the southern limits of distribution of species. Therefore, it is possible to get information about customizing different ecosystems in different terrain conditions.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References10
EEA, Water scarcity and drought events in Europe during the last decade, European Environment Agency,http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/main-droughtevents-in-europe, 2012.
EEA, European forest types, Categories and types for sustainable forest management reportng and policy. EEA Technical report No. 9/2006, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007.
Zhang, X., Friedl, MA, Schaaf, CB and Strahler, AH, Climate controls on vegetation phenological patterns and northern mid-latitudes and high inferred from MODIS data. Glob. Change Biol. 10, 1133-1145.DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00784.x, 2004.
Hengl, T., Heuvelink, GBM, Perčec Tadic, M. and Pebesma, EJ, Spatio-temporal prediction of daily temperatures using time-series images of MODIS LST. Theor. Appl. Climatol.DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0464-2, 2011.
Pilaš, I, Medved, I, Medak, J, Medak, D., Response strategies of the main forest types to climatic anomalies across Croatian biogeographic regions inferred from FAPAR remote sensing data, DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.012, 2014.
Pilaš, I, Medved, I, Medak, J, Perčec Tadić, M, Medak, D., Ecological, Typological Propertes and Photosynthetc Actvity (FAPAR) of Common Beech (Fagus sylvatca L.) Ecosystems in Croata. Southeast Eur for 7 (2): early view. DOI: htps://doi.org/DOI: 10.15177/seefor.16-13, 2016.
Jenny, H., Factors of Soil Formation. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1941.
Jenny, H., Role of the Plant Factor in the Pedogenic Functions. Ecology, Vol. 39, 1958, pp. 5-16.
Sukačev, V, Metodičeskie ukazanija k izučeniju tipov lesa. Izdateljstvo akademii nauk SSSR, 1-113, Moskva, 1957.
Gračan, J., Martinovic, J., Medvedović, J., Vranković, A., Oluić, M., Fijan Parlov, F., Biondić, B., Biondić, R., & Medak, J., Dinamički geoinformacijski prikaz šumskih ekosustava Hrvatske, Obtained personally from I Pilaš, PhD, 2007.
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
