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

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.\n\nThese 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.\n\nAll the PDF maps for this atlas can be accessed from the "Mission Beach - Habitat Quality Atlas page".\nhttp://eatlas.org.au/mission-beach_jcu_habitat-quality-2006_atlas\n\nThis 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.\n\n\nData Units:\n\nEach map consists of a 1 km x 1 km section of the Mission beach region with the following classifications:\n* Habitat Quality: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor, Cleared\n* Percentage Canopy Cover\n* Shape/Size index\n* Vegetation Quality Index: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor, Cleared\n* 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\n* Aerial Photography (0.5 m resolution)\n* Tenure: Freehold Land, Reserve State Lease, State Land\n\n\nReferences:\n- Goosem, M., Habitat quality and potential improvements to connectivity in the Mission Beach area, MTSRF Conference 2010

本数据集涵盖2006年8月（四级飓风拉里（Cyclone Larry）过境6个月后）米申海滩（Mission Beach）地区城市化与农业景观的生境质量图集。本次分析与分类包含生境质量、冠层覆盖度、植被质量、植被类型、土地权属类型以及分辨率为0.5米的航空摄影数据。

这些生境质量地图标识出了潜在的优先维护与连通性修复区域，可为自然资源管理者在米申海滩地区落实修复目标提供辅助工具。

该图集的全部PDF地图可从"米申海滩-生境质量图集"页面获取，网址为http://eatlas.org.au/mission-beach_jcu_habitat-quality-2006_atlas。

本研究作为MTSRF项目4.9.3的一部分开展。遥感分析采用了一种新颖的计算机红蓝立体分色（Anaglyph）技术，对飓风拉里过境6个月后拍摄的航空照片进行立体分类。研究人员对冠层覆盖度与植被类型对应的植被多边形进行了数字化处理。基于地理信息系统（GIS）的生境质量快速评估方法，将植被质量与残存区域或河岸宽度相结合，该分析可在未受飓风影响的乡村地区作为野外实测生境质量的优质替代指标。研究团队在米申海滩沿海的44个采样点开展了遥感数据野外验证工作，内容涵盖植被结构、干扰状况与微气候参数的快速样带评估。为期两年的重复鸟类调查则为动物生境质量提供了量化指示指标。

数据单元：

每张地图对应米申海滩地区1千米×1千米的区域，包含以下分类项：
* 生境质量：优秀、良好、一般、较差、极差、已开垦
* 冠层覆盖百分比
* 形状/大小指数
* 植被质量指数：优秀、良好、一般、较差、极差、已开垦
* 植被类型：雨林、硬叶雨林、硬叶开阔林、硬叶林地、硬叶开阔林地、白千层林地、白千层沼泽开阔林、白千层沼泽林地、白千层沼泽开阔林地、草原、海滩脊与洼地、红树林、海蓬子、人工林、已开垦
* 航空摄影（分辨率0.5米）
* 土地权属类型：永久业权土地、保护区国家租赁地、国有土地

参考文献：
- 古瑟姆（Goosem, M.），《米申海滩地区生境质量与连通性潜在提升方案》，MTSRF 2010年会议