Ground Cover - Tree Canopy

AUS-ASC-FOR-TCC General Moderate confidence

Benchmark Value

30 %

Direction: Higher is desirable ↑

Form: Point

Scoring Curve

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Evidence & Context

For the WDR (Eucalyptus delegatensis forest over rainforest) community in Tasmania, the verbatim tree canopy cover benchmark is 30%.6

Metric Definition:

Projected foliage cover of the uppermost stratum (tree canopy cover)

Benchmark Definition:

This benchmark defines the tree canopy cover percentage for the Eucalyptus delegatensis forest over rainforest community in Tasmania within the Alpine and Subalpine Complex biome under Production Forestry.

Justification:

Benchmark for a mature and apparently long-undisturbed state of E. delegatensis forest

Sources (1)

WDR Eucalyptus delegatensis forest over rainforest GreyLiterature

WDR Eucalyptus delegatensis forest over rainforest

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Supporting Sources (6)

Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.

Central Victorian Uplands bioregion - EVC 30: Wet Forest

Direct Evidence Journal

Central Victorian Uplands bioregion - EVC 30: Wet Forest

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First Urban Tree Canopy Cover Benchmark In Australia - Citygreen

Contextual Support GreyLiterature

First Urban Tree Canopy Cover Benchmark In Australia - Citygreen

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Health and distribution of the Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora in the Ballarat region of Victoria

Contextual Support Government

Health and distribution of the Snow Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. pauciflora in the Ballarat region of Victoria

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Major Australian cities fail international tree canopy goals: study - RMIT University

Contextual Support GreyLiterature

Major Australian cities fail international tree canopy goals: study - RMIT University

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Mapping Windthrow Severity as Change in Canopy Cover in a Temperate Eucalypt Forest

Direct Evidence Journal

Forestry Tasmania. (2011). Monitoring and protecting eucalypt regeneration. Native Forest Silviculture Technical Bulletin No. 12.

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Technical Bulletin 2: Eucalyptus delegatensis forests

Direct Evidence Journal

Forestry Tasmania. (2001). Eucalyptus delegatensis Forests. Technical Bulletin No. 2.

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Ground Cover - Tree Canopy

Benchmark Value

Scoring Curve

Evidence & Context

Sources (1)

Supporting Sources (6)

Context

Lifecycle

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