Vegetation

This project will use both raster and vector data, but will ultimately be in raster format. There are eight factors considered in this analysis: aspect, DoC land, erosion, existing tracks, land use capability, rivers, slope, and vegetation. Each factor has been separated into categories and each category given a rating. A weighting has been assigned to each category. These are set out in the Table 2. North-facing is the important factor of aspect, as it adds to amenity value. Likewise, the proximity to rivers contributes to this, and vegetation type. Vegetation type also must be balanced with conservation needs. Slope and erosion are important factors in the maintenance of tracks, with shallow slopes, and low erosion-prone soils are preferred. DoC Land and existing tracks are preferred as they can reduce the costs of constructing the tracks, and acquiring new land. Land use capability assesses the best use of land for recreation uses, as opposed to economic…

Five Research Articles on Biodiversity Succession in Ecology: Summaries Article 1: “Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil and vegetation in primary succession stages in inland drift sands” What kind of system was being considered? -They studied the Inland drift sands in the areas of the Netherlands. They specifically looked and studied at the Drethe, Veluwe, Utrecht, Brabant, and along Meuse. They wanted to consider how plants grow and develop during succession. The author’s hypothesis: -The…

This report will highlight the difference in vegetation change from 1991 to 2011 in the southern Amazonia of Brazil. The report will do this by outlining what NDVI is and how it is derived and then analysing the specific results of Brazil. NDVI stands for Normalised Difference Vegetation Index and usually derived from satellite data, for landsat data this is usually thirty metres above the ground, to classify land cover change over a continental scale (DeFries and Townshend, 1994). When light…

4.0 Discussion 4.1, The results show that the Currumundi lake sand dunes and riparian vegetation have a terrible and unhealthy ecosystem compared to the perfect Kathleen McArthur conciliation park. The visual results are stating that both sand dunes and riparian vegetation have a poor ecosystem. The criteria of the visual ratings are looking at the landscape features, habitat quality and all of the many disturbances. The visual ratings proved that the sand dunes and riparian have a heavily…

Honors American Lit. B The Scarlet Letter Pathway Paper – 694 words April 23, 2013 Throughout The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses vegetation imagery in correlation with his ideas about sinful nature and god. When describing the prison in the very beginning of the novel, Hawthorne writes, “a grass-plot, much overgrown with… such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a…

The Tehama County Resource Conservation District pledged with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and Aerial Information Systems (AIS) to create a fine scale, spatially and floristically, exact vegetation chart of the Lassen Foothills venture region. This zone includes a 108,400 section of land allotment of eastern Tehama County and spreads three substantial packages: South Denny Ranch, Tehama Wildlife Area, and Dye Creek Preserve. The undertaking zone speaks to an organically different…

Prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis without evidence of vegetation Introduction The modified Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) include three major and five minor criteria. One of the major criteria is evidence of structural findings on echocardiography such as an oscillating intracardiac mass, abscess or partial dehiscence of a prosthetic valve (1-2). Less common echocardiographic findings of IE include pseudoaneurysm, fistula, or valve perforation. The American…

It was evident from the sand dunes on Main Beach, that the further you progressed inland, the vegetation became more dense and abundant. There was no plant species present up until the 40 m mark. This in theory was due to the fact that if vegetation were to occur at the beginning of the transect line, they would be impacted by the strong wave action, which contains high volumes of salinity in it, which then affects the nutrients in the sand making it inefficient for plant growth. The spinifex…

hypothesis: If the amount of time for water flow increases then more dirt should erod because the water pressure will remove the vegetation from the river bank due to no protection from the vegetation the river will increase in size. Procedure: create a stream in a stream table by putting it at an angle(downhill), make a path out of soil for the water to flow through. See image (take picture of the pump) Add vegetation in the stream bank if there isn't any by adding leaves, grass and pack it…

According to the Cloud Fraction map, I think that Africa has an arid climate in the north and south. In between is more humid as the year goes on. If you reduced cloud fraction levels to less than 25% then I would expect for there to be less vegetation and the climate to be arid in the places that seen to be humid, based off of the Cloud Fraction map. I think the precipitation levels to be low if the cloud fraction is low. To help support my claim, I looked at the maps and where there is low…