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Mission Beach - Habitat quality, canopy cover, tenure type (6 months after cyclone Larry), 2006 (MTSRF 4.9.3, JCU)

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This dataset consists of an atlas of the habitat quality of the urbanized and agricultural landscapes of the Mission beach region in August 2006, 6 months after cyclone Larry. This analysis and classification includes habitat quality, canopy cover, vegetation quality, vegetation types, tenure type and aerial photography at a resolution of 0.5m. These maps of habitat quality highlight potential priority areas for maintenance and/or restoration of connectivity and is a tool for natural resource managers to implement restoration goals at Mission beach. All the PDF maps for this atlas can be accessed from the "Mission Beach - Habitat Quality Atlas page". https://eatlas.org.au/mission-beach_jcu_habitat-quality-2006_atlas This work was undertaken as part of MTSRF Project 4.9.3. The remote sensing analyses used a novel computerized Anaglyph technique for stereoscopic classification of aerial photographs flown 6 months after Category 4 cyclone Larry. Vegetation polygons of canopy cover and vegetation type were digitized. GIS-based rapid assessment of habitat quality combined vegetation quality with remnant area or riparian width, an analysis providing an excellent surrogate of field-determined habitat quality in rural areas unaffected by cyclones. Field-truthing of the remotely sensed data at 44 sites in coastal Mission beach included rapid transect assessments of vegetation structure, disturbance and microclimate parameters. Repeated bird surveys over 2 years provided an indicator of faunal habitat quality. Data Units: Each map consists of a 1 km x 1 km section of the Mission beach region with the following classifications: * Habitat Quality: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor, Cleared * Percentage Canopy Cover * Shape/Size index * Vegetation Quality Index: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor, Cleared * Vegetation Types: Rainforest, Sclerophyll Rainforest, Sclerophyll Open Forest, Sclerophyll Woodland, Sclerophyll Open Woodland, Melaleuca Woodland, Melaleuca Swamp Open Forest, Melaleuca Swamp Woodland, Melaleuca Swamp Open Woodland, Grassland, Beach Ridge & Swale, Mangrove, Samphire, Plantation, Cleared * Aerial Photography (0.5 m resolution) * Tenure: Freehold Land, Reserve State Lease, State Land References: - Goosem, M., Habitat quality and potential improvements to connectivity in the Mission Beach area, MTSRF Conference 2010

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Title Mission Beach - Habitat quality, canopy cover, tenure type (6 months after cyclone Larry), 2006 (MTSRF 4.9.3, JCU)
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/644bf89d-516a-47af-8f91-e39f99ddeeef
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
miriam.goosem1@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 01/07/2015
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[145.90807932114, -17.985279577621], [146.12025278305, -17.985279577621], [146.12025278305, -17.817738073715], [145.90807932114, -17.817738073715], [145.90807932114, -17.985279577621]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Mission Beach - Habitat quality, canopy cover, tenure type (6 months after cyclone Larry), 2006 (MTSRF 4.9.3, JCU)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/mission-beach-habitat-quality-canopy-cover-tenure-type-6-months-after-cyclone-larry-2006-mtsrf-1