九九峰自然保留区地覆变迁之监测与分析.PDF

24 (3) : 3548, 2002 35 921 SPOT Research paper Monitoring and Analyzing Land-cover Change in the Jeou- Jeou-Fen Natural Reserve Kai-Yi Huang Abstract Jeou-Jeou-Fen has been designated as a natural reserve after Chi-Chi earthquake. The decision has been controversial because only natural recovery of plants for the landslide scars at Jeou- Jeou-Fen is allowed in the area. The objective was to evaluate plant recovery of the bare lands in the study area. The study applied GIS technique to combining four-date SPOT images, GPS mapping data, and other spatial data to achieve the goal. For the two-year period, plants have been recovered over the bare lands based upon four-date NDVI statistics, which appear on the belts from the mountain bases to flanks rather than from flanks to peaks because of thinner, drier, and less fertile soils on ridges and peaks. However, the monitoring period was too short to determine if plants would colonize upward into ridges and peaks. Further research will be needed to continue the monitoring. Hence, natural recovery of plants is better suited for landslide scars with poor habitat conditions, except urgent cases. The study suggests that long- term monitoring plant recovery using remote sensing with low cost and non-invasive characteristics over the bare lands be continued. Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, NCHU. 36