Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2021. № 3(39). P. 35—48
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
UDC 574.3
Rakhmatullina Irina Rimilevna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor
Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla Rakhmatullin Zagir Zabirovich, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor
Bashkir State Agrarian University Tagirova Olesya Vasilyevna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor
Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla Khamidullina Gulnara Gizarovna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor
Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla Kulagin Aleksey Yurievich, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Ufa Institute of Biology of Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
USING VEGETATION INDICES TO ASSESS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PINE PLANTATIONS IN UFA AND ITS SUBURBS
Abstract
On the territory of the Ufa forestry 16 test plots were laid in the plantations of Scots pine, which are more than 50 years old. The test plots are divided into 3 groups: a control zone, a zone with a predominance of petrochemical pollution, and a zone with high traffic and recreational load. Based on the Sentinel-2 image, rasters of vegetation indices were constructed: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), and their characteristics were given. For each trial plot, the average values of these indices were obtained and analyzed. The interrelations of the NDVI, EVI, SAVI indices with the state and age of the plantings have been established, which makes it possible to distinguish stands in which the chlorophyll content decreases. The combined use of these indices makes it possible to distinguish more gradations in the state of plantations and to characterize the degree of their heterogeneity. There is no clear dependence of NDWI on the state of pine plantations, since additional studies are needed on the supply of plants with moisture.
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Rakhmatullina I. R., Rakhmatullin Z. Z., Tagirova O. V., Khamidullina G. G., Kulagin A. Yu. Using vegetation indices to assess the characteristics of pine plantations in Ufa and its suburbs. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2021, no. 3 (39), pp. 35—48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2021.39.3.