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0 2 4 Kilometers

Riparian land use/cover (1973)

N

Woody vegetation:
Total area = 6,508 ha
Mean patch size (ha) = 18.38

Land use/cover (1973)
Woody vegetation
Pasture
Crops

Patch density (#/100 ha) = 3.44

Mean nearneigh Dist (m) = 91.50

0 2 4 Kilometers

Riparian land use/cover (1997)

N

Figure 10.2 Changes in land cover and
selected landscape metrics in a portion of the
Lockyer Valley catchment (south-east
Queensland, Australia), maps obtained from
Landsat thematic mapper (TM) digital images.
Maps and indexes indicate the fragmentation
of riparian vegetation over time. Reprinted
from Landscape and Urban Planning , 59,
Apan, A.A., Raine, S.R., Paterson, M.S.,
Mapping and analysis of changes in the
riparian landscape structure of the Lockyer
Valley catchment, Queensland, Australia,
43-57, Copyright 2002, with permission from
Elsevier.

Woody vegetation:
Total area = 3,247 ha
Mean patch size (ha) = 6.09

Land use/cover (1997)
Woody vegetation
Pasture
Crops Patch density (#/100 ha) = 5.18

Mean nearneigh Dist (m) = 104.5