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Table 9 Summary of LULC changes expressed as a percentage of the landscape (1973–1986, 1986–2000, 2000–2015)

From: Human-climate induced drivers of mountain grassland over the last 40 years in Sidama, Ethiopia: perceptions versus empirical evidence

 

Persistence

Gain

Loss

Total change

Swap

Absolute value of net change

Remarks

 

1973

1986

       

Forestland

58

40

29.63

10.67

29.03

39.7

21.34

18.36

 

Grassland

22

19

7.89

10.62

14.12

24.74

21.24

3.50

 

Shrubland

12

20

3.64

16.07

7.79

23.86

15.58

8.28

 

Bushland

6

17

0.38

16.62

5.41

22.03

10.82

11.21

 

Agricultural land

2

4

0.09

4.41

2.03

6.44

4.06

2.38

 

Total

100

100

41.63

58.37

58.37

116.74

73.04

43.73

 
 

1986

2000

       

Forestland

40

39

30.63

8.25

9.64

17.89

16.5

1.39

 

Grassland

19

16

6.81

9.38

11.70

21.08

18.76

2.32

 

Shrubland

20

13

4.39

8.87

15.36

24.23

17.74

6.49

 

Bushland

17

18

7.16

10.44

9.83

20.27

19.66

0.61

 

Agricultural land

4

14

1.75

12.33

2.73

15.06

5.46

9.6

 

Total

100

100

50.74

49.26

49.26

98.52

78.12

20.41

 
 

2000

2015

       

Forestland

39

50

29.00

21.51

9.81

31.32

19.62

11.7

 

Grassland

16

11

4.19

6.38

12.04

18.42

12.76

5.66

 

Shrubland

13

7

1.47

5.52

11.80

17.32

11.04

6.28

 

Bushland

18

16

4.28

11.52

13.25

24.77

23.04

1.73

 

Agricultural land

14

16

4.05

12.08

10.10

22.18

20.2

1.98

 

Total

100

100

43.00

57.00

57.00

114

86.66

27.35

 
 

1973

2015

       

Forestland

58

50

34.00

16.50

24.68

41.18

33

8.18

For the whole study period (1973 to 2015)

Grassland

22

11

4.25

6.33

17.70

24.03

12.66

11.37

Shrubland

12

7

1.02

5.98

10.46

16.44

11.96

4.48

Bushland

6

16

0.65

15.13

5.12

20.25

10.24

10.01

Agricultural land

2

16

0.28

15.85

1.83

17.68

3.66

14.02

Total

100

100

40.21

59.79

59.79

119.58

71.52

48.06