Abstract:
Objective In order to improve the accuracy of forest site quality evaluation and help the development of precision forestry.
Method This study takes Jiyuan Nanshan Forest Farm as the study area, takes the topographic factor as the prediction factor, uses the fuzzy c-means clustering method (FCM) to predict and map the main soil attributes required for site evaluation, and applies the grey correlation method to comprehensively evaluate the forest site quality on the basis of obtaining the distribution map of other site environmental factors by using remote sensing image data.
Result The results showed that the forest site quality grade was mainly grade 4, and the forest land area rated as grade 4 accounts for 54.38% of the total area, followed by grade 3, accounting for 26.91% . The forest land areas of grade 1, grade 2 and grade 5 were small, accounting for 5.27%, 8.96% and 4.48% , respectively.
Conclusion The results showed that using the digital soil mapping technology based on FCM method could obtain a high-precision soil attribute distribution map with fewer sampling points, provide relatively rich soil spatial information for forest site quality evaluation, and is a new way for evaluating forest site quality.