Australian Natural Resources Atlas

Biodiversity Assessment - Australian Alps

Threatened Ecosystems

Table: Provisional list of threatened ecosystems in each subregion: their threatening processes
Ecosystem name Threatening processes Threatening processes notes
AA1
FE074 South Eastern Tablelands Dry Shrub/Grass/Her Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE075 Tablelands Shrub/Tussock Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE076 Central Tablelands Shrub/Grass Dry Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE080 ACT Dry Shrub/Herb Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE081 Eastern Dry Shrub/Herb/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE093 Western Tablelands Herb/Grass Dry Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE094 South West Slopes Acacia Dry Herb/Grass Fore Broad scale vegetation clearing No data
FE094 South West Slopes Acacia Dry Herb/Grass Fore Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE107 Central Tableland/ACT Montane Dry Shrub Fore Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE108 Western Tablelands Dry Herb/Grass Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE121 Western Slopes Grass/Herb Dry Forest Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE124 Western Montane Wet Heath/Herb Grass Woodlan Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE146 Tableland Dry Herb/Grass Woodland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE147 Tablelands Moist Sedge/Herb/Grassland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE148 Tableland Tussock Grassland /Sedgeland/ Wood Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE152 Tableland Herb/Grassland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE161 Tablelands and Slopes Dry Herb/Grass Woodlan Changed hydrology - salinity No data
FE161 Tablelands and Slopes Dry Herb/Grass Woodlan Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
FE9999 Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Grassy White Box Woodland Broad scale vegetation clearing For cropping, pasture improvement or other development
Grassy White Box Woodland Changed fire regimes No data
Grassy White Box Woodland Changed hydrology - salinity No data
Grassy White Box Woodland Firewood collection No data
Grassy White Box Woodland Grazing pressure No data
Grassy White Box Woodland Pollution Increased nutrient loads
Natural Temperate Grassland Broad scale vegetation clearing Clearing for agriculture development or plantation forestry, clearing for urban infrastructure development or rural residental development.
Natural Temperate Grassland Exotic weeds Particularly Nassella trichotoma, Eragrostit curvula, Hypericum perforatum and pasture species including Phalaris aquatica.
Natural Temperate Grassland Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
AA2
Montane Grassy Woodland - VA Exotic weeds No data
Montane Grassy Woodland - VA Feral animals No data
Montane Grassy Woodland - VA Grazing pressure No data
Montane Grassy Woodland - VA Increasing fragmentation and loss of remnants No data
Sub-alpine Grassland - VA Exotic weeds No data
Sub-alpine Grassland - VA Grazing pressure No data
Sub-alpine Shrubland - HS Exotic weeds No data
Sub-alpine Shrubland - HS Grazing pressure No data
Sub-alpine Wet Heathland - VA Exotic weeds No data
Sub-alpine Wet Heathland - VA Grazing pressure No data

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