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Evaluation of Almond (Amygdalus Scopartia) Habitat Using Multi-criteria Decision Making Method

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Bolhasan Forest region with an area of 5,725 ha is located on east north of Dezful County, Iran. The region belongs to natural forests of Dezful. Considering the area is mainly covered by valuable species of Amygdalus Scopartia, its sustainable exploitation and development as well as restoration enjoys great importance. Study ahead aims at selection of suitable habitats for under studied species using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Therewith, the required thematic maps were imported in to GIS Software and final suitability map was prepared. The results indicated that around 2,119 ha (37%) out of all study area has high suitability for habitat of Amygdalus Scopartia. In the meanwhile, 1,603 ha [equal to 28%] is categorized as good suitability class and 2,003 ha [35%] has poor suitability.

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  1. Department of Environment, Technical and Engineering Faculty, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, P.O. Box: 14515/771, Tehran, Iran

    S. A. Jozi

  2. Department of Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khouzestan, Iran

    N. Moradi Majd, S. Saffarian & M. Shafiee

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Jozi, S.A., Majd, N.M., Saffarian, S. et al. Evaluation of Almond (Amygdalus Scopartia) Habitat Using Multi-criteria Decision Making Method. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 40, 607–617 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-011-0190-3

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