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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 |
3,004 |
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Dry eucalypt forest |
2,239 |
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Eucalypt woodland |
152 |
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Grassland |
89 |
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Heath |
665 |
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Heath/scrub complex |
1 |
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Miscellaneous forest |
65 |
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Non-eucalypt small trees |
45 |
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Non-eucalypt trees |
176 |
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Other |
163 |
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Riparian |
4 |
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Saltmarsh |
12 |
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Scrub |
1,401 |
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Wet forest |
96 |
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Wetland |
136 |
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Total |
8,247 |
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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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