| Summary: | This study aimed at determining the relations between
spectral and bird species rarefaction curves in a brutian pine forest ecosystem
located in the Fethiye region, Turkey. Bird species were counted by fieldwork
in 40 sample plots with 0.81 ha (90 x 90 m). The NDVITOA values of pixels
belonging to each plot (pixel numbers are 36, 81 and 324 for Aster, SPOT and
RapidEye, respectively) were calculated. Spectral and bird species rarefaction
curves were formed by means of EstimatesS software. The relations between
spectral and bird species rarefaction curves were examined using regression
analyses. Furthermore, the similarities of rarefaction curves were determined
considering “increase rate” of curves. The results of study showed that there
are serious differences between spectral and bird species rarefaction curves
and bird species rarefaction curve was not predicted using satellite images in
this region. It is considered that similar studies could be conducted on a wide
geographic region using coarse resolution satellite data in order to understand
the potentials of spectral rarefaction curves more clearly.
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