[Investigation of Paeonia sinjiangensis resources using remote sensing and expert knowledge].
OBJECTIVE
To study the effectiveness and feasibility of remote sensing technology in the rare species of wild plant resources.


METHODS
The mechanism and characteristics of Paeonia sinjiangensis were analyzed to find the possibility of extracting from TM imagery. An expert system has been used with Landsat Thematic Mapper data to derive P. sinjiangensis. Then logical decision rules were used with the various datasets to assign values.


RESULTS
The land for P. sinjiangensis possible growth were mapped and accuracy tested was approving.


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggest that the remote sensing expert interpretation system using satellite imagery and ancillary data will be feasible for research of rare wild medicinal plants distribution.
Zhang
Zi-li
ZL
Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. zzl.xj@tom.com
Qin
Qi-ming
QM
Dong
Yu-zhi
YZ
Dai
Fan-wei
FW
Yao
Yun-jun
YJ
Wang
Zhao-qiang
ZQ
D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D029596:Paeonia / Q000254:growth & development*; D017215:Satellite Communications