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South Brooman State Forest, NSW. VAST-2: Tracking the Transformation of Australia's Vegetated Landscapes 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Dataset Published: 2012-06-30
Dataset Last Modified: 2026-08-18
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Dataset accessed 2 times
Metadata Created: 2023-05-10
Metadata Last Modified: 2026-08-19
How to cite this collection:
Thackway, R. (2012). South Brooman State Forest, NSW. VAST-2: Tracking the Transformation of Australia's Vegetated Landscapes. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.4227/05/5088F50BD771D 
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPVAST-2_Chronology_Datasheet_South_Brooman_State_Forest
HTTPVAST-2_Scoring_Sheet_South_Brooman_State_Forest
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URL
HTTPro-crate-metadata.json
The aim of this project is to compile land use and management practices and their observed and measured impacts and effects on vegetation condition. The results provide land managers and researchers with a tool for reporting and monitoring spatial and temporal transformations of Australia’s native vegetated landscapes due to changes in land use and management practices. Following are the details about South Brooman State Forest, NSW.

Pre-European reference-analogue vegetation: The site was originally eucalypt tall open forest, multi-aged open, dry sclerophyll forest. The main overstorey species were spotted gum (Corymbia maculata), Eucalyptus muelleriana, E. paniculata, E. pilularis. The main understorey species were Acacia spp., Acmena spp.

Brief chronology of changes in land use and management:
  • 1830: Unmodified
  • 1880: Area picked over for high quality sawlogs
  • 1945: Area picked over for high quality sawlogs
  • 1949: Sawlog harvesting - 85% of area
  • 1959: Sawlog harvesting - 85% of area
  • 1968: Commercial Thinning - 25% of area
  • 1969: Area left to rehabilitate
  • 1994: Wildfire - 100% of the area
  • 1996: Pole harvesting - 5% of area
  • 1998: Sawlog harvesting - 20% of the area
  • 1999 and 2003: Hazard reduction
  • 1997: Site was burnt (prescribed fire) followed by drought
  • 2004-2011: Area left to rehabilitate
 
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. This work was funded by ACEAS, a facility of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project. 
Purpose
Data not provided. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure StepsData not provided.
Spatial Description
The area comprises 220 ha site, Compartment 47, part of South Brooman State Forest. 
Temporal Coverage
From 1788-01-01 to 2011-12-31 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Agricultural land management
Farm management, rural management and agribusiness
Australian Plant Name Index
Corymbia maculata (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson
Eucalyptus muelleriana A.W.Howitt
Eucalyptus paniculata Sm.
Eucalyptus pilularis Sm.
Data Stream
Synthesis Product
GCMD Sciences
RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
VEGETATION - INDIGENOUS VEGETATION
Horizontal Resolution
Point Resolution
Parameters
fire area
fire event count
green ground cover
ground cover
lidar point cloud
plant functional type
plant height
soil organic matter
species cover
species richness
Project
Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Temporal Resolution
irregular
Topic
environment
User Defined
Commercial Thinning
High Quality Sawlogs
Prescribed burning
Selective Logging
Silvicultural Practices
Wildfire
Author
Thackway, Richard
Contributor
Specht, Alison
Boer, Ken
Contact Point
Thackway, Richard
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Thackway R. and Specht A. (2015). A system for capturing the effects of land use on vegetation condition. Science for the Total Environment, 534: 14-30
Thackway R. (2013). Transformation of Australia’s vegetated landscapes: the development of VAST-2. Zenodo
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