PROBLEMS IN THE CARTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF VEGETATION DISTURBANCE

Abstract

Methods employed by researchers to compile a map depicting five levels of vegetation disturbance in Irkutsk Oblast in East Siberia are described. The paper describes the principles involved in the compilation, in an initial stage, of a geobotanical map depicting general levels of fire resistance within basic classes of vegetation, which provides a base for a derivative thematic map of overall vegetation disturbance. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria VA from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1999, No. 3, pp. 13-17.