Monitoring forest plant biodiversity changes and developing conservation strategies a study from Camili Biosphere Reserve Area in NE Turkey
      
Yazarlar (7)
Salih Terzioğlu Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Emin Zeki Başkent Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Fatih SİVRİKAYA Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Günay Çakır Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Ali İhsan Kadıoğulları Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Şağdan Başkaya Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Sedat Keleş Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Biologia
Dergi ISSN 0006-3088 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Biological Abstracts, Biosis Previews, Biosis Selective Coverage Shared, Curation, Current Contents Agriculture Biology & Environmental Sciences, Essential Science Indicators, Reference Master, Sophia, Zoological Record
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 10-2010
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 65 / 5 / 843–852 DOI 10.2478/s11756-010-0091-x
Makale Linki http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biolog.2010.65.issue-5/s11756-010-0091-x/s11756-010-0091-x.xml
Özet
This study was carried out in forestland of Camili Biosphere Reserve (CBR) area in NE Turkey. It was designed to evaluate the consequences of disturbances on changes in secondary forest succession from 1985 to 2005 for monitoring forest plant biodiversity changes and developing conservation strategies. The successional stages were mapped using Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), aerial photos and high resolution satellite images (IKONOS). The results showed that stable stage decreased about 77.96% over the last 20-year time period. Although 701.6 ha conifer forests existed in competition and reaction stages in 1985, none existed in 2005. In overall, about 33.23% of the area decreased, 42.36% did not change and 24.41% increased in different seral stages. Consequently, 8.83% of the area decreased as a whole to indicate that the forest has been developing from stable to nudation stage, that is to say, retrogressive succession is going on in the area. Forest structure and its relationship with plant biodiversity along with its changes over time were determined using FRAGSTATS. We also investigated spatio-temporal configuration of six secondary forest successional stages and generated structural diversity measures. These measures revealed that the landscape has been fragmented, posing a danger to lose the important components of plant biodiversity. Sustainable management of such degraded forests is of crucial importance for plant biodiversity conservation. In conclusion, the study contributes to the development of a framework for effective conservation of plant biodiversity through plant biodiversity integrated Multiple Use Forest Management (MUFM) plans by using the successional stages and plant biodiversity changes. © 2010 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Biosphere reserve | Forest management | FRAGSTATS | GIS | Hotspots | Plant biodiversity conservation | Plant succession