The Naâma steppe rangelands in Algeria are undergoing continuous degradation due to overgrazing, land clearing, silting up and desertification. Given the seriousness of this situation and the ecological deterioration of these steppe rangelands, the need for an action plan to preserve and rehabilitate the degraded rangelands is becoming more and more urgent. Among the solutions […]
Fire causes extensive damage to rangelands’ ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of rangeland fire on vegetation and forage production in mountainous rangelands of the Solan area in Hamadan province, Iran. A burnt area and a homogeneous area without fire (control) were selected for this […]
This study was aimed to investigate the changes in surface and vegetation cover of the Sirjan Salt Playa (SSP) located in Kerman, Iran using Remote Sensing (RS) data. The ASTER data from 2002, 2008, and 2013 were used as the main tool. Also, using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) on satellite data, the vegetation […]
In this research, we used six MODIS remote sensing products to evaluate the vulnerability to desertification in Mashhad, Iran in 2020. The Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Condition Index (VCI), Salinity Index (SI), Synthetized Drought Index (SDI), Temperature Condition Index (TCI), and precipitation were considered in May, 2020 when vegetation growth reaches its maximum size. […]
Vegetation cover is one of the living components of terrestrial ecosystems and plays an important role in many ecosystem processes that are strongly influenced by climatic events. Thus, meteorological droughts can significantly affect the vegetation cover, especially in arid and semi-arid regions where vegetation is more sensitive to environmental conditions. This study was conducted with […]
