Land use and land cover changes, and woody vegetation status of the Tsimur Gebriel Monastery in Northern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Ethiopian Orthodox churches are significant habitats for endemic and threatened plant species, yet their vegetation status and the land use systems impacting them, are little known. Therefore, this study assessed the land use and land cover changes (LULCC) within a 3 km buffer area and the woody vegetation status of the Tsimur Gebriel Monastery in the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia. The United States Geological Survey's multi-dated (1986, 1999, and 2018) Landsat imagery was used for LULCC analysis. A supervised classification technique was employed for image classification using a maximum likelihood algorithm. Systematic sampling techniques were used to collect vegetation data (tree species, height, and DBH), using 20 sample plots (20 × 20 m) distanced 100 m apart. The results highlighte

SUBMITTER: Hatsey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature