Geo-information cartographic analysis of forest landscape dynamics in the mountainous framing of the Kurai depression (Southeast Altai)
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2022

Forest is one of the main vegetation types on the globe, a combination of woody, shrubby and herbaceous plants. It plays an important role in the formation of the surface layer of the atmosphere and its regime, regulates subsurface and surface runoff, and protects the soil from damaging fluvial and aeolian processes. Today, the scale of human consumption of forest resources significantly exceeds their natural reproduction, which makes the monitoring of spatial changes in the forest fund especial