Land Evaluation of Trahtemyrivsky Hunting Land Evaluation of Trahtemyrivsky Hunting ReserveReserve

Against Key Game Species Distribution CriteriaAgainst Key Game Species Distribution Criteria

Using Multispectral Satellite Using Multispectral Satellite LLandsatandsat TM TM 55 ImageryImagery

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KyivKyiv 2011 2011

N Hunting area type Hunting area subtypeEurasian

elkDeer

Fallow deer

Roe deer

Wildboar

HareGrey

partridge

1Coniferous forest (pine, spruce, fir, and larch)

1.1. Seedlings 1 2 2 2 2 1 3

1.2. Saplings and middle-aged stands

1.2.1. With undergrowth, underbrush and subshrubs 1 2 2 2 2 2 5

1.2.2. No -"- 3 3 3 3 3 3 5

1.3. Ripening, mature and over-mature stands

1.3.1. With undergrowth, underbrush and subshrubs 2 3 3 3 4 4 5

1.3.2. No -"- 4 4 4 4 4 4 5

2 Deciduous forest 2.1. Seedlings 1 2 2 1 1 1 3

2.2. Saplings and middle-aged stands

2.2.1With undergrowth, underbrush and subshrubs 1 2 2 2 2 2 5

2.2.2. No -"- 3 3 3 3 3 3 5

2.3. Ripening, mature and over-mature stands

2.3.2. No -"- 4 4 4 4 4 4 5

3 Mixed forest 3.1. Seedlings 1 2 2 1 1 1 3

3.2. Saplings and middle-aged stands

3.2.2. No -"- 3 3 3 3 3 3 5

5 Arable land5.1.Gardens, plough-land,

vineyards, etc.5 3 2 2 3 2 3

5.3. Cropland with a sparse network of shelterbelts 5 4 4 3 4 2 2

6 Meadows 6.1. Dry meadows 5 4 4 4 4 3 3

6.2. Marshy meadows 4 3 4 3 4 4 4

7 Marshes7.1. With less than 20% of

shrubs4 4 4 4 4 4 5

7.2. Overgrown (more than 20% of shrubs) 2 3 4 2 2 3 5

8.2. Overgrown by perennial herbaceous vegetation 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

9 Gullies9.1. With less than 20% of

shrubs5 4 4 4 4 3 4

9.2. Overgrown by trees and shrubs 3 3 3 2 2 2 3

Classification of hunting areas according to site quality classes in right-bank forest-steppe zoneAccording to the order of the State Forestry Committee of Ukraine № 56, 21.06.2001