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<p>Zagros forests have the greatest impact on soil and water protection in western Iran. Despite this, a significant part of these forests, especially in Ilam province, have suffered a lot due to the phenomenon of oak decline. The first and most fundamental thing a person must know when combating this issue is the distribution of these areas in forests. Therefore, using the parameters affecting the decline in the forests of Ilam province and based on fuzzy logic, a map of susceptible to oak decline areas was prepared. In this study, the parameters of temperature and precipitation, slope, aspect, altitude, distance from farmlands, roads and forest density were selected as effective parameters and fuzzy gamma overlap method was used. The results showed that more than 77% of the oak forests in the province are highly and extremely susceptible to the decline. This confirms the need for rapid action to plan and protect these forests. In addition, the fuzzy method is proposed, which is considered as a fast and efficient method in preparing such maps for other areas.</p>
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Zagros forests have the greatest impact on soil and water protection in western Iran. Despite this, a significant part of these forests, especially in Ilam province, have suffered a lot due to the phenomenon of oak decline. The first and most fundamental thing a person must know when combating this issue is the distribution of these areas in forests. Therefore, using the parameters affecting the decline in the forests of Ilam province and based on fuzzy logic, a map of susceptible to oak decline areas was prepared. In this study, the parameters of temperature and precipitation, slope, aspect, altitude, distance from farmlands, roads and forest density were selected as effective parameters and fuzzy gamma overlap method was used. The results showed that more than 77% of the oak forests in the province are highly and extremely susceptible to the decline. This confirms the need for rapid action to plan and protect these forests. In addition, the fuzzy method is proposed, which is considered as a fast and efficient method in preparing such maps for other areas.

Zoning of Areas with Susceptibility to Oak Decline in Western Iran

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Zagros forests have the greatest impact on soil and water protection in western Iran. Despite this, a significant part of these forests, especially in Ilam...

Zoning of Areas with Susceptibility to Oak Decline in Western Iran

Publicado en línea: 23 mar 2021

Páginas: 75 - 83

Recibido: 22 nov 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0006

Palabras clave
decline, fuzzy gamma, Ilam, mapping

© 2021 Mohadeseh Ghanbari Motlagh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Zoning of Areas with Susceptibility to Oak Decline in Western Iran

Publicado en línea: 23 mar 2021

Páginas: 75 - 83

Recibido: 22 nov 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0006

Palabras clavedecline, fuzzy gamma, Ilam, mapping

© 2021 Mohadeseh Ghanbari Motlagh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Palabras clave
decline, fuzzy gamma, Ilam, mapping