Growth Stage Structure status of Vegetation on public land
dataset:
FIREECOL_STATUS_GSS
This layer shows the modelled Growth Stage Structure (GSS) status of vegetation on Victorian public land between years 2002 and 2015. Vegetation GSS relates to the stages of vegetation succession. The GSS status of vegetation depends on when it was last burnt.
For a full understanding of the concepts on which this dataset is based, please see DSE Fire and adaptive management report no. 84, "Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets", David Cheal, 2010.
The dataset categorises the landscape into six categories: Juvenile; Adolescent; Mature; Old; Public land with no recorded fire history; and Private land. The four growth stages are a simplification from those provided in Cheal (2010) and encompass these groupings:
(1) Juvenile (Renewal, Juvenility, Founding) - from immediate post-fire renewal to establishment, including the period before which the full floristic complement of species is reproductive
(1) Adolescent (Adolescence) - the vegetation is relatively young, and the full complement of species is reproductive, but not at the rate characterising mature vegetation
(3) Mature (Early Maturity, Maturity, Vigorous Maturity, Stasis, Established) - including when dominant species are fully reproductive through to stasis, when vegetation structure and reproductive capacity stabilise
(4) Old (Waning, Senescence) - characterised by declining reproduction of the dominant species and decreasing propagule banks; if left undisturbed, vegetation may become senescent and is then unlikely to be reconstituted following fire.
The layer was created by the Fire and Emergency Management Division in the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and completed September 30th 2015.
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Citation proposal Citation proposal
(2016) Growth Stage Structure status of Vegetation on public land Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/b1c21f8f-3ddd-5630-8faf-6f143da6df57 |
Description
- Title
- Growth Stage Structure status of Vegetation on public land
- Alternate title
- FIREECOL_STATUS_GSS
- Purpose
- FIRE_ECOL_STATUS_GSS is used in annual reporting on changes in GSS status of Victorian public land. The layer also provides the base data for several fire ecology analytical and planning processes.
- Status
- Planned
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- Environment
- Biota
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- General - Victoria
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