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Author Graetz, R. D. (Rodney Dean)

Title Landcover disturbance over the Australian continent : a contemporary assessment : a report / by R.D. Graetz, M.A. Wilson and S.K. Campbell
Published Canberra, ACT : Dept. of the Environment, Sport and Territories, [1995]
©1995

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  333.950994 Aus/Bai  1995/7  AVAILABLE
 MELB  333.950994 Aus/Bai  1995/7  AVAILABLE
Description 86 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Series Biodiversity series ; paper no. 7
Biodiversity series ; paper no. 7
Contents 1. Establishing the links -- 1.1. A view of biodiversity -- 1.2. A view of landcover -- 1.3. The view from space -- 2. Strategy of assessment -- 2.1. Dividing up the continent -- 2.1.1. Landuse zones - intensive and extensive -- 2.1.2. Landcover type -- 2.2. Quantifying the disturbance -- 2.2.1. Clearing -- 2.2.2. Grazing and burning -- 2.3. Adding what is known -- 2.3.1. Tenure -- 2.3.2. Feral animals -- 2.3.3. Fire season and frequency -- 3. The big picture: a national summary of disturbance -- 3.1. Clearing -- 3.1.1. Aggregate area -- 3.1.2. Distribution -- 3.1.3. Landcover type -- 3.1.4. Tenure -- 3.2. Grazing -- 3.2.1. Aggregate area -- 3.2.2. Distribution -- 3.2.3. Landcover type -- 3.3. States and territories -- 3.4. Additional disturbance factors -- 3.5. A bigger picture -- 4. The detailed picture: individual landcover types -- 4.1. Reporting methodology -- 4.1.1. Description -- 4.1.2. Size and location -- 4.1.3. Disturbance by clearing -- 4.1.4. Disturbance by grazing -- 4.1.5. Vulnerability to future disturbance -- 4.1.6. Disturbance by habitat invasion -- 4.1.7. Disturbance by fire -- 4.1.8. Report card -- 4.2. The scoreboard -- 5. Case studies: disturbance summaries for selected landcover types -- 6. Summary and reflections
Summary This document reports the strategy and findings of an assessment of landcover distubance for the entire continent. The assessment had two objectives: to use contemporary (1990-1992) satellite image data to map the type, severtiy and extent of landcover disturbance; and to integrate these data with existing understanding to explore the implications of the landcover disturbance for biotic impoverishment, the loss of biodiversity
Analysis Animal husbandry
Clearing of land--australia
Clearing of land--environmental aspects--australia
Ecological surveys--australia
Environmental impact assessment
Habitats
Land degradation
Land use, rural--australia
Mining
Statistics
Technical evaluation
Vegetation
Notes "... distilled from a more detailed report entitled Looking around : a contemporary assessment of landcover disturbance for the Australian continent" --Inside cover
"Resource Futures Program CSIRO Wildlife and Energy"
At foot of title: Biodiversity Unit
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 84-85
Notes Commonwealth of Australia 1995
In Biodiversity series no:paper.7
Subject Clearing of land -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
Clearing of land -- Australia.
Land use, Rural -- Australia.
Biodiversity -- Australia.
Clearing of land -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
Clearing of land -- Australia.
Ecological surveys -- Australia.
Feral animals -- Australia.
Grazing -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
Habitat (Ecology) -- Modification -- Australia.
Habitat (Ecology) -- Modification.
Land degradation -- Australia.
Land use -- Australia.
Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects.
Land use, Rural -- Australia -- Measurement.
Land use, Rural -- Australia.
Landsat satellites.
Soil degradation -- Australia.
Author Graetz, R. D. (Rodney Dean). Looking around
Campbell, S. K.
Wilson, M. G. A. (Murray George Alexander), 1932-
Australia. Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories. Biodiversity Unit.
CSIRO (Australia). Division of Wildlife and Ecology. Resource Futures Program
LC no. dup96000006
ISBN 0642229058
Other Titles Looking around: a contemporary assessment of landcover disturbance for the Australian continent