Trends of vegetation cover changes of the Yugorsky Peninsula in the last decades: сomparison of remote and field studies

V. V. Elsakov, E. E. Kuliugina, V. M. Tshanov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/geobotmap/2013.93

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The remote sensing satellite data was used for vegetation mapping and analysis of vegetation climatic changes of Jygorskii peninsula. The compeering analysis of archive data (Andreev, 1935) and modern observation demonstrated the main trends of changes. The vegetation changes were related with increased proliferation of Betula nana communities at the southern part of the territory and the promotion to the northern parts of the peninsula the community from Salix sp. The variation of spectral index NDVI for different communities depends upon weather/climate fluctuation in vegetation season of different years. The common changes trend at region related with biomass production increasing and correlated with parameters of warming and precipitation increasing especially in winter time.

Key words: trends in vegetation change, remote sensing, ernikov and willow communities, NDVI index, productivity of tundra phytocoenoses, Ugra peninsula

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Elsakov V. V., Kuliugina E. E., Tshanov V. M. 2013. Trends of vegetation cover changes of the Yugorsky Peninsula in the last decades: сomparison of remote and field studies // Geobotanical mapping 2013. St. Petersburg. P. 93–111. https://doi.org/10.31111/geobotmap/2013.93