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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 |
4,689 |
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Dry eucalypt forest |
3,772 |
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Eucalypt woodland |
555 |
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Grassland |
502 |
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Heath |
50 |
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Miscellaneous forest |
90 |
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Non-eucalypt small trees |
67 |
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Non-eucalypt trees |
31 |
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Other |
236 |
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Rainforest |
1 |
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Riparian |
17 |
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Saltmarsh |
8 |
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Scrub |
90 |
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Wet forest |
994 |
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Wetland |
34 |
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Total |
11,135 |
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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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