Land cover transformation in two post-mining landscapes subjected to different ages of reclamation since dumping of spoils

Antwi, Effah K; Boakye-Danquah, John; Asabere, Stephen B; Takeuchi, Kazuhiko; Wiegleb, Gerhard

doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-702

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Table 4 Land cover changes in the post-mining landscape at different study periods

From: Land cover transformation in two post-mining landscapes subjected to different ages of reclamation since dumping of spoils

Type of land use changes	1988 - 1991		1995 - 1998		2000 - 2003
Type of land use changes	Nord	Süd	Nord	Süd	Nord	Süd
Primary succession
Agricultural Land to Dry Grassland			14.28
Agricultural Land to Grassland and Trees			5.46
Dry Grassland to Dry Vegetation	22.93	6.74
Dry Grassland to Grassland and Trees		5.99			31.01	24.37
Pioneer Grassland - Grassland and Trees		4.29			21.93	7.23
Pioneer Grassland to Dry Vegetation						16.33
Pioneer Grassland to Dry Grassland			53.54		52.33	31.62
Open Sand to Pioneer Grassland		78.13
Wetland to Pioneer Grassland		25.69
Dry Vegetation to Grassland and Trees	34.60				12.33
Lake to Grassland and Trees	4.59
Afforestation
Agricultural Land - Pine Afforestation				11.72
Agricultural Land - Afforestation		6.51
Agriculture Land to Deciduous Afforestation	4.55		5.04		10.13
Dry Grassland to Afforestation		3.54				5.19
Dry Vegetation to Afforestation		12.49
Afforestation to Pine Afforestation	23.81	97.05	15.69			49.68
Afforestation to Deciduous Afforestation	52.90		42.86
Deciduous Afforestation to Pine Afforestation						30.18
Grassland and Trees to Pine Afforestation	26.78		5.79	21.57		15.79
Grassland and Trees to Deciduous Afforestation				6.40
Reversed succession
Afforestation to Grassland and Trees					72.65	38.36
Deciduous Afforestation to Grassland and Trees					28.42	34.76
Dry Vegetation to Dry Grassland	37.37	29.00		37.33
Dry Vegetation to Open Sand						2.53
Dry Vegetation to Agriculture Land	12.71				37.19
Dry Grassland to Open Sand		0.67		2.23	6.21	3.83
Dry Grassland to Agriculture Land		3.16			32.04
Pioneer Grassland to Dry Vegetation		3.52
Pioneer Grassland to Open Sand				1.46		3.26
Afforestation to Agriculture Land	11.21
Pine Afforestation to Grassland and Trees					6.58	2.91
Dry Grassland to Pioneer Grassland	34.13		17.38
Grassland and Trees to Dry Grassland				19.45
Grassland and Trees to Agriculture			17.79
Grassland and Trees to Agriculture Land	22.34
Lake formation
Dry Grassland to Lake		0.64	25.80	1.73	4.63	3.28
Dry Vegetation to Lake		6.18		2.23	7.5	5.07
Open sand to Lake		6.26	45.82	38.14		40.93
Pioneer Grassland to Lake		1.25		0.43	4.89	2.76
Wetland to Lake		7.80	88.25	35.27		65.61
Grassland and Trees to Lake			10.01		5.78
Dry Grassland to Wetland				0.69
Pioneer Grassland to Wetland				0.57		1.40
Agriculture Land to Wetland					1.20

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