Impacts of Future Climate Changes on Shifting Patterns of the Agro-Ecological Zones in China
Table 3
Transition matrix of agroecological zones in China (unit: million hectares).
Transition to
Transition from
AEZ4
AEZ5
AEZ6
AEZ7
AEZ8
AEZ9
AEZ10
AEZ11
AEZ12
AEZ13
AEZ14
AEZ15
AEZ16
AEZ17
AEZ4
—
AEZ5
—
0.25c
AEZ6
0.63b 0.30c
—
0.42b
0.40b
AEZ7
—
2.44a 3.29b 2.14c
AEZ8
6.63b 5.08c
—
0.72b
0.31b
0.20a 0.87b
AEZ9
3.29b 2.77c
—
3.37a 1.17c
0.21b
AEZ10
1.09a 4.37b 2.30c
—
2.82b 1.02c
0.24b
AEZ11
0.24a
—
4.68a 0.24b 7.85c
0.44b 0.24c
0.28b
0.47b 0.29c
AEZ12
0.40a
0.57a 8.81b 1.66c
—
0.26b
AEZ13
1.58a 1.02b 1.10c
—
5.53a 9.8b
2.61a 0.25b 3.12c
AEZ14
0.91b
3.10a 14.43b 13.74c
—
1.41a 2.00b 0.98c
AEZ15
0.20b
0.40a 0.32b 1.88c
1.10c
0.27a
0.02b 0.55c
2.86a 3.54b 0.01c
—
2.26a 3.78b 0.72c
AEZ16
0.35a 0.40b
0.29a
1.45b
2.83b
—
0.33c
AEZ17
0.61c
—
Notes. From period of 2011–2020 to period of 2021–2030; bfrom period of 2021–2030 to period of 2031–2040; and cfrom period of 2031–2040 to period of 2041–2050.