Title:	Integrating remote sensing, geographic information system and fuzzy logic: an index to evaluate the natural potential for livestock ranching in the Pantanal.
Authors:	SANTOS, S. A. LIMA, H. P. de OLIVEIRA, L. O. F. de TOMÁS, W. M. ABREU, U. G. P. de MASSRUHÁ, S. M. F. S. PEROTTO-BALDIVIESO, H. L.
Affiliation:	SANDRA APARECIDA SANTOS, CPAP; HELANO PÓVOAS DE LIMA, CNPTIA; LUÍZ ORCIRIO FIALHO DE OLIVEIRA, CPAP; WALFRIDO MORAES TOMÁS, CPAP; URBANO GOMES PINTO DE ABREU, CPAP; SILVIA MARIA FONSECA SILVEIRA MASSRUHÁ, CNPTIA; HUMBERTO L. PEROTTO-BALDIVIESO, Cranfield University.
Date Issued:	2012
Citation:	In: SIMPÓSIO DE GEOTECNOLOGIAS NO PANTANAL, 4., 2012, Bonito, MS. Anais... Brasília, DF: Embrapa, 2012.
Pages:	p. 202-209.
Description:	Abstract: In this study, an index natural potential for livestock ranching (NPLR) at ranch level in the Pantanal wetland was obtained using landscape indicators combined with fuzzy inference process. Four landscape indicators related with livestock production were selected by an expertise group. The application of this approach was illustrated through a pilot ranch located in the Nhecolândia sub-region, Pantanal, MS. Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies were used to map the vegetation types and aquatic habitats (landscapes types) in this ranch. Landscape type?s composition metrics were obtained using the ArcGis 9 and were used to estimate the four indicators selected by expertise: forest cover proportion (FC); landscape productive value (LPV); diversity of aquatic habitats (DAH) and flooding degree (FD). Fuzzy inference process involving definitions of membership functions, fuzzy set operations and inference rule were run and validated with the participation of core stakeholders. Different scenarios also were simulated in batch and validated with the participation of stakeholders. Both procedures were performed by Webfuzzy software. The NPLR index value found in the pilot ranch was as expected by both expertise and stakeholders. Fuzzy logic combined with landscape metric seems to be suitable for the definition of the natural potential of ranches to produce livestock in the Pantanal.
Thesagro:	Sensoriamento Remoto Sistema de Informação Geográfica
NAL Thesaurus:	Remote sensing Geographic information systems
Keywords:	Análise de paisagem Indicador de sustentabilidade Aprendizado de máquina fuzzy Validação participativa
Notes:	Geopantanal 2012.
Type of Material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CNPTIA)