Comparative Study of Forest Landscape Changes in Two Different Types of Protected Areas
Meili Snow Mountain ( holy mountains of Tibetan Buddhism) and Baima Snow Mountain ( national na-ture reserve) were selected for case study, and the remote sensing satellite image data was used to quantitative a-nalysis the dynamic changing trend of the forest landscape during the 36 years ( 1974-2010 ) in Baima Snow Mountain and Meili Snow Mountain based on landscape index. The dynamic change of forest landscape in the two types of protected area were assessed. The results show that: (1) The ecological system have been protected ef-fectively both in the nature reserve of national level and the protected area of Tibetan holy mountain. (2) The area and connectivity of the forest landscape in Meili Snow Mountain was almost unchanged, while it increased at the beginning and then decreased in Baima Snow Mountain, and the fragmentation of the forest landscape in Meili Snow Mountain was increasing slightly but it decreased at the beginning and then increased in Baima Snow Moun-tain during 1974-2010 . ( 3 ) The forest landscape of Meili Snow Mountain was more complete than Baima Snow Mountain in terms of the fragmentation degree and connectivity degree during 1974-2010 .
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