ISSN: 0024-1148 Russian Journal of Forest Science. 2015, No. 6, pp. 403-416

Received 02 February 2015

Ecosystem biodiversity of the Central Federal District (CFD) was studied at the regional level. The terrestrial ecosystems vegetation map, which has been derived from the high resolution (30 m) Landsat imagery, was used. The areas of forest and other terrestrial ecosystems, number of forest ranges and the average area of a forest range, the area of forests disturbed within the last 5 years, the share of deciduous, coniferous and mixed stands, and the total number of the terrestrial ecosystem types were calculated for every subordinate entity of the Federation within the CFD. A vector grid for dominated landscape defi nition is used. The dominant landscape type was recognized within a regular grid cell, having the average dimension equal to the average forest range on the vegetation map. The forested, agricultural, meadow and agroforestry landscapes were distinguished. Given the areal estimates for the dominant landscapes of the subordinate entities we found that agroforestry landscapes occupy a quarter of the total land area in the District. The logical framework of the research workfl ow aimed to assess the biodiversity indicators, functions, and services of forests and other ecosystems is proposed.

• Acknowledgements: This study was done in the framework of the Russian Academy of Sciences Presidium program of basic research no. 29P “Biodiversity of natural systems”, subprogram I “Forest ecosystems of Russia: the state and functions” (2015–2017).


• Keywords: terrestrial ecosystem, biodiversity indicator, satellite thematic product.

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