Analysis of Land Cover Changes in Afromontane Vegetation of Image Forest Reserve, Southern Highlands of Tanzania

Table 4

Land cover change matrix between 2004 and 2018 for the IFR.

Land cover	Bareland and rocky outcrops s	shrubland and grassland	Woodland	Forest	Total (2018)	Gain
Bareland and rocky outcrops s	219.15	10.53	0.90	0.00	230.58	11.43
Shrubland and grassland	2460.60	275.04	26.73	0.00	2762.37	2487.33
Woodland	78.66	1076.94	1565.55	32.40	2753.55	1188.00
Forest	0.27	17.19	1732.50	3835.71	5585.67	1749.96
Total (2004)	2758.68	1379.70	3325.68	3868.11
Loss	2539.53	1104.66	1760.13	32.40

Italic letters indicate that there is no change in the land cover over the time period.