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MAPPING THE VEGETATION COVER AND HABITAT CATEGORIZATION OF MADURU OYA AND HORTON PLAINS NATIONAL PARKS USING LANDSAT 8 (OLI) IMAGERY TO ASSIST THE ECOLOGICAL STUDIES

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dc.contributor.author Jayasekara, D
dc.contributor.author KUMARA, P.K.P.M.P
dc.contributor.author MAHAULPATHA, W.A.D
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-08T10:27:28Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-08T10:27:28Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Jayasekara, D., KUMARA, P.K.P.M.P. and MAHAULPATHA, W.A.D.(2021).MAPPING THE VEGETATION COVER AND HABITAT CATEGORIZATION OF MADURU OYA AND HORTON PLAINS NATIONAL PARKS USING LANDSAT 8 (OLI) IMAGERY TO ASSIST THE ECOLOGICAL STUDIES, WILDLANKA Vol.9, No.1, pp. 122 - 135, 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10188
dc.description.abstract Availability of accurate and detailed vegetation and habitat maps is an essential requirement in the modern ecological studies. Geo-referenced vegetation maps of Sri Lanka’s protected areas are scarce and only a handful of maps are available with detailed vegetation patterns. Since majority of the current ecological research work takes place within the protected area network of the island, we identified that preparing updated maps to assist the ecologists as well as the park management is highly important. In this study we developed vegetation and land cover maps for Maduru Oya and Horton Plains national parks in Sri Lanka. The procedure was based on supervised classification of Landsat 8 multispectral image data. Classification was complemented by ground truth data obtained through field surveys. The present study generated accurate (overall accuracy - 92-93%; Kappa – 0.89) and detailed vegetation/land cover maps and habitat types were proposed based on vegetation patterns. The results provide accurate information for ecologists and decision-makers to assist future research work as well as conservation and management of protected areas concerned. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Remote sensing, protected areas, vegetation mapping, supervised classification, land cover en_US
dc.title MAPPING THE VEGETATION COVER AND HABITAT CATEGORIZATION OF MADURU OYA AND HORTON PLAINS NATIONAL PARKS USING LANDSAT 8 (OLI) IMAGERY TO ASSIST THE ECOLOGICAL STUDIES en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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