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Caption: Woody vegetation decrease identified from Landsat data was overlayed with TASVEG data to identify the broad vegetation groups where change was occurring.
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Vegetation group |
Woody decrease (ha) |
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Agricultural land |
7,827 |
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Alpine |
7 |
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Buttongrass and moorland |
3 |
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Dry eucalypt forest |
3,044 |
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Eucalypt woodland |
242 |
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Grassland |
102 |
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Heath |
58 |
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Miscellaneous forest |
65 |
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Non-eucalypt small trees |
10 |
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Non-eucalypt trees |
627 |
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Other |
78 |
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Rainforest |
166 |
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Riparian |
6 |
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Scrub |
40 |
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Wet forest |
5,448 |
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Total |
17,722 |
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Source: TASVEG; Landsat 5 and 7 data , base images dated 1993 to 2001, processing by Ross Lincolne, Space Images
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