Color quantification and evaluation of landscape aesthetic quality for autumn landscape forest based on visual characteristics in subalpine region of western Sichuan, China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202001.016

Abstract

Abstract: Evaluation of landscape aesthetic quality is a key step in the management system of forest resource. Color is an important component of autumn landscape forest, and quantitative analysis of color and scientific evaluation of landscape aesthetic quality are important for the management of autumn landscape forest. We assessed the aesthetic quality of autumn landscape forest using scenic beauty estimation and analyzed the effects of color characteristics on ornamental value of autumn landscape forest based on color composition and color spatial pattern according to human’s visual characteristics. The results showed that the overall landscape quality of subalpine region of western Sichuan could be divided into five grades according to beauty value (I to V). About 71.5% of autumn landscape forests could be classified into grade I, II, and III, indicating that autumn landscape forests of subalpine region in western Sichuan had higher ornamental value. According to the scenic beauty estimation value, the landscape aesthetic quality of broadleaved mixed forests was higher than that of coniferous and broadleaved mixed forests and pure forests. In terms of the comprehensive index evaluation system of color elements, the index weight coefficient order was landscape patch heterogeneity factors>autumn main color factors>color saturation and brightness factors>color diversity and evenness factors. With cluster analysis, autumn landscape forests of western Sichuan could be divided into three types. The forests with higher ornamental value showed following characteristics: larger degree of patch fragmentation and heterogeneity, higher percentage of orange and yellow and lower percentage of green in autumn, higher percentage of color saturation and brightness, and higher color diversity and uniformity index. The communities with higher richness, species diversity and evenness index would have higher beauty values. We concluded that species diversity and fragmentation of colors should be considered in the construction of autumn landscape forests, and that aesthetic quality of autumn landscape forest could be improved by planting and cultivating tree species with various and bright autumn leaf colors.

ZHANG Xiao-jing, CHEN Juan, LI Qiao-yu, LIU Jin-chun, TAO Jian-ping. Color quantification and evaluation of landscape aesthetic quality for autumn landscape forest based on visual characteristics in subalpine region of western Sichuan, China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020, 31(1): 45-54.

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