2015–2017 data on vegetation fragmentation across Australian bioregions, including the New England Tablelands and Gulf Plains. The dataset, published by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, provides metrics on patch density, edge frequency, and core area loss. It was last updated on 2026-05-27.
Use Cases
- Modeling habitat fragmentation trends based on patch density and core area loss metrics.
- Analyzing regional differences in landscape change based on bioregion-specific statistics.
- Correlating vegetation fragmentation with land clearing activities using the described metrics.
Strengths
- Includes specific quantitative metrics for the 2015–2017 period, such as a 13.4% patch density increase.
- Covers multiple distinct Australian bioregions, including the Brigalow Belt and Mulga Lands.
- Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license by a government environmental department.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au sources.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Time Range
- 2015–2017
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:27:18.515190; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australian bioregions, including New England Tablelands, Gulf Plains, Brigalow Belt, Mulga Lands