(b) Dependent variable (vegetation succession) description

Case no.	Succession Type	Period	Description
1	SG to CS/AF	1985~1998	Vegetation succession from SG to CS/AF during 1985~1998
2	SG to CS/AF	1998~2004	Vegetation succession from SG to CS/AF during 1998~2004
3	LC to CS/AF	1985~1998	Vegetation succession from LC to CS/AF during 1985~1998
4	LC to CS/AF	1998~2004	Vegetation succession from LC to CS/AF during 1998~2004

Data extracted from ^†: Landsat imagery and the ground truthing is referred to Xie et al. [46] and Sha et al. [44]; ^♀: digital elevation model; ^‡: road network map, annual economic statistics of the local governments and Landsat imagery; ^♯: annual economic statistics of the local governments.