Estimating tree density with the Perpendicular Vegetation Index: application to the tree savannahs of northern Tanzania ; Estimación de la densidad arbórea con el índice de vegetación perpendicular: aplicación a sabanas arboladas del norte de Tanzania ; Approcher la densité des ligneux par l’indice perpendiculaire de végétation : cas d’une savane arborée au nord de la Tanzanie
The 4,500-hectare Namalok estate in north-eastern Tanzania has been protected as a private fauna and flora reserve by a private sugar company, TPCLimited. The local vegetation is Salvadora persica tree savannah with copses of Suaeda monoica and some more or less dense tree savannah with Acacia xanthophloea, Faidherbia albida and Acacia tortilis. For management purposes following the reintroduction of large herbivores, their access to the wooded formations was mapped and a study was made of the floristic composition of the wooded areas using the Perpendicular Vegetation Index (PVI). The results... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
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Schlagwörter: | Acacia xanthophloea / floristic composition / woodland density / mapping / Namalok / Tanzania / composición florística / densidad de superficie arbolada / cartografía / composition floristique / densité des ligneux / cartographie / Tanzanie |
Sprache: | Französisch |
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The 4,500-hectare Namalok estate in north-eastern Tanzania has been protected as a private fauna and flora reserve by a private sugar company, TPCLimited. The local vegetation is Salvadora persica tree savannah with copses of Suaeda monoica and some more or less dense tree savannah with Acacia xanthophloea, Faidherbia albida and Acacia tortilis. For management purposes following the reintroduction of large herbivores, their access to the wooded formations was mapped and a study was made of the floristic composition of the wooded areas using the Perpendicular Vegetation Index (PVI). The results show a very high correlation between the calculated density of the woody vegetation and the PVI (r2 = 0.96) and confirm the validity of the proposed approach based on analyses of satellite imagery. For more local purposes, our results also show that, concerning floristic composition, the successive density levels mapped are made up of 70 different plant species belonging to the range of pantropical flora. These savannah formations also show a fairly even distribution of highly diverse species, with very similar species frequencies. The different types of tree savannah cover 38 % of the area of the estate. In increasing order of density, savannah areas with less than 100 trees/ha cover 836 ha, those with 100 - 200 trees/ha cover 654 ha, while those with densities of 200 - 300 trees/ha are fairly small and occupy only 206 ha. Savannah areas with densities of more than 300 trees/ha are much smaller and cover just 22 ha. ; El estado de Namalok, de 4 500 hectáreas y situado al nordeste de Tanzania, ha sido protegido como reserva privada de fauna y flora por una empresa de azúcar, TPCLimited. La vegetación local es una sabana arbolada de Salvadora persica con bosquetes de Suaeda monoica y alguna sabana arbolada más o menos densa con Acacia xanthophloea, Faidherbia albida y Acacia tortilis. Para la gestión posterior a la reintroducción de grandes herbívoros, se cartografió el acceso de estos herbívoros a las formaciones boscosas ...