Understanding livestock production and sustainability of grassland ecosystems in the Asian Dryland Belt

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Transformation matrix (km²) of land cover/use in the Asian Dryland Belt (ADB) from 2001 (columns) to 2012 (rows)

	Forests	Shrubland	Savanna	Grassland	Wetland	Cropland	Urban	Crop	Snow	Barren	Water	Total
Forests	141,711	486	7042	14,294	558	1252	0	5111	143	726	855	172,178
Shrubland	4558	275,502	1708	221,564	119	20,169	0	965	1221	54,707	294	580,807
Savanna	44,072	1285	10,546	28,011	650	2806	0	5316	311	856	571	94,424
Grassland	28,314	130,965	7004	5,235,299	1586	154,614	0	24,809	10,557	150,616	4467	5,748,231
Wetland	256	23	76	525	490	84	1	79	27	85	211	1857
Cropland	4897	5910	1732	254,849	357	287,885	0	21,198	18	669	218	577,733
Urban	0	0	0	0	1	28,346	0	0	0	0	0	28,347
Crop	16,270	529	3934	31,605	711	19,339	0	31,898	22	237	190	104,735
Snow	88	81	13	16,152	26	83	0	6	68,436	3156	325	88,366
Barren	1156	151,710	146	439,807	194	6959	0	34	26,972	3,097,249	5306	3,739,533
Water	1353	85	189	3931	369	227	1	61	1398	14,571	109,786	131,971
Total	242,675	566,576	32,390	6,246,037	5061	493,418	28,348	89,477	109,105	3,322,872	12,223	9,287,148