Ecological Processes

Table 3 LULC change transition matrix showing major change in landscape (km²) in Borana, southern Ethiopia between 1987 and 2003

From: Conversion of savanna rangelands to bush dominated landscape in Borana, Southern Ethiopia

From initial state (1987)	To final state (2003)
From initial state (1987)	WL	BL	GR	SGL	BAL	CU	SET	Total 2003
WL	389.23	311.72	342.15	304.79	19.93	1.32	0.29	1369.46
BL	354.26	366.81	524.89	167.09	28.42	1.88	0.61	1443.98
GR	388.61	361.29	1166.89	39.63	22.59	9.69	3.69	1994.39
SGR	35.71	94.71	55.41	178.35	13.35	1.30	0.19	379.03
BAL	21.13	27.42	30.19	13.36	14.58	1.00	0.49	108.18
CU	4.59	13.75	27.15	7.26	5.75	0.46	0.32	59.29
SET	15.93	21.43	25.37	2.56	5.49	0.91	2.27	71.96
Total 1987	1209.49	1197.12	2172.07	713.06	110.14	16.58	7.86	2118.6 (39 %)
Gain	980.21	1077.17	827.51	200.68	93.59	58.82	71.7
Loss	820.24	830.31	1005.18	534.71	95.55	16.11	7.59
Net change	159.97	246.86	−177.67	−334.03	−1.95	42.71	64.1
Np	0.40	0.67	−0.15	−1.87	−0.13	92.85	28.24

WL woodland, BL bushland, GR grassland, SGR shrubby grassland, BAL bareland, CU cultivation, SET settlement, Net change gain-loss, Np net change-to-persistence ratio (i.e., net change/diagonals of each class, in ratio)

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