Table 1.

Vegetation and land-cover distribution in KMTR, South Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India for the years 1973 and 2004 using satellite.

S.No	Types	1973	1990	2004
A	Phenelogical types
1	Evergreen	316.72	182.00	166.49
2	Semi-evergreen	194.40	255.72	285.10
3	Moist deciduous	143.59	146.01	132.02
4	Dry deciduous	38.95	72.50	98.30
5	Dry evergreen	136.13	67.87	61.55
6	Grassland	27.36	114.19	75.14
	Subtotal	857.16	838.29	818.60
B	Other landcover types
7	Shrubs	1.11	13.20	16.01
8	Ochlandra	13.56	13.80	23.74
9	Orchards	2.33	10.17	16.42
10	Fallow/barren	10.04	7.59	9.86
11	Water	15.22	13.40	16.86
12	Shadow	6.97	8.79	2.50
13	Cloud	1.07	2.21	3.46
	Grand total	907.46	907.46	907.46