Head of laboratory

Phd Sadıgova Narmin İlham

Directions of activity

• The Laboratory of Vegetation Transformation, Ecology and Mapping studies the structure of vegetation, the mechanisms of formation of phytocenoses and the regularities of changes in the species composition of ecosystems, and carries out statistical and ecological modeling of these processes.
• The laboratory models the potential floristic composition of plant communities under conditions of global and regional climate change, determines the directions of changes in the distribution areas of species based on climate scenarios, and assesses plant communities at risk.
• The laboratory studies the structural organization of phytocenoses at he landscape level, their spatial and temporal variability, and the formation characteristics of ecotone zones.
• The laboratory creates GIS-based databases of phytocenoses, develops a methodology for preparing geobotanical and geobotanical-landscape maps, and compiles thematic, ecological, dynamic and predictive maps of vegetation.
• The laboratory studies the landscape structure of ecosystems, the interaction of biotic and abiotic components, the functional zoning of ecosystems, and the level of ecological sustainability.
• The laboratory analyzes the climatogenic dynamics of plant communities, long-term ecological trends and adaptation mechanisms against the background of changes in temperature, precipitation and other climatic indicators.
• The laboratory assesses the impact of soil, relief, hydrological, climatic and anthropogenic factors on plant communities, identifies environmental stress factors and degradation processes.
• The laboratory determines the distribution areas of flora species based on GIS, assesses their ecological category and conservation status, and conducts scientific justification of priority conservation areas for rare, endemic and relict species.