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Presented are the results from studying and mapping the vegetation in the Upper-Angara depression. We suggest the technique for mapping plant communities involving a combined use of the NDVI and NDWI indices, the SRTM-based digital elevation model, forest management data, and expedition-based research findings.
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Original Russian Text © I.N. Vladimirov, A.P. Sofronov, A.A. Sorokovoi, D.V. Kobylkin, A.A. Frolov, 2014, published in Geography and Natural Resources, 2014, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 44–53.
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Vladimirov, I.N., Sofronov, A.P., Sorokovoi, A.A. et al. Structure of vegetation cover in the western part of the Upper-Angara depression. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 35, 143–151 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S187537281402005X
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