Themainobjectiveofthisstudyistosimulatethepotentialvegetationtypesonthebasisofenvironmentalparameters.ThepapertookBarkamCountyinamountainousregionoftheEasternTibetanPlateauasthestudyarea.Thevegetationdistributionwasmappedin1994and2007basedonTMremotesensingimagesbyobject-orientedinterpretationmethod.Weoverlaidthetwomapstofindoutthevegetationpatcheswhichhavenotchanged,andtookthemasstabletypes.Fiftypercentofthestablepatcheswererandomlysampledtooperatethelogisticregressionwithrelatedenvironmentalparameters;otherswereusedastestdataofsimulatedresults.Sevenenvironmentalparametersweremapped,includingelevation,slope,aspect,surfacecurvature,solarradiation,temperatureandprecipitation,basedonDEMdataandmeteorologicalsitedatabyGIStechnology.Therelationshipbetweenthespatialdistributionofvegetationandenvironmentalvariableswerequantifiedbylogisticregression.Thedistributionprobabilitiesofeachvegetationtypewerecalculated.Finally,thespatialdistributionofpotentialvegetationwassimulated.Thisresearchcanprovideascientificbasisforvegetationrestorationandecologicalconstructioninthisarea.
