Description |
86 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm |
Series |
Biodiversity series ; paper no. 7 |
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Biodiversity series ; paper no. 7
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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 |
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Clearing of land--australia |
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Clearing of land--environmental aspects--australia |
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Ecological surveys--australia |
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Environmental impact assessment |
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Habitats |
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Land degradation |
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Land use, rural--australia |
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Mining |
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Statistics |
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Technical evaluation |
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Vegetation |
Notes |
"... distilled from a more detailed report entitled Looking around : a contemporary assessment of landcover disturbance for the Australian continent" --Inside cover |
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"Resource Futures Program CSIRO Wildlife and Energy" |
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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.
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Clearing of land -- Australia.
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Land use, Rural -- Australia.
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Biodiversity -- Australia.
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Clearing of land -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
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Clearing of land -- Australia.
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Ecological surveys -- Australia.
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Feral animals -- Australia.
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Grazing -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
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Habitat (Ecology) -- Modification -- Australia.
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Habitat (Ecology) -- Modification.
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Land degradation -- Australia.
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Land use -- Australia.
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Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects.
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Land use, Rural -- Australia -- Measurement.
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Land use, Rural -- Australia.
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Landsat satellites.
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Soil degradation -- Australia.
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Author |
Graetz, R. D. (Rodney Dean).
Looking around
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Campbell, S. K.
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Wilson, M. G. A. (Murray George Alexander), 1932-
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Australia. Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories. Biodiversity Unit.
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CSIRO (Australia). Division of Wildlife and Ecology. Resource Futures Program
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LC no. |
dup96000006 |
ISBN |
0642229058 |