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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 |
3,125 |
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Buttongrass and moorland |
25 |
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Dry eucalypt forest |
414 |
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Eucalypt woodland |
102 |
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Grassland |
110 |
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Heath |
101 |
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Heath/scrub complex |
2,766 |
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Miscellaneous forest |
38 |
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Non-eucalypt trees |
608 |
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Other |
52 |
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Rainforest |
565 |
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Riparian |
0 |
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Saltmarsh |
7 |
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Scrub |
685 |
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Wet forest |
3,993 |
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Wetland |
17 |
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Total |
12,607 |
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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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