Table 2.

Change matrix for the KMTR between 1973 to 1990 and 1990 to 2004, South Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu (India).

1990	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1973
1	159.33	122.39	0.26	0.02	0.00	3.17	26.79	0.00	3.33	1.43	316.72
2	21.24	115.67	9.95	7.58	0.00	4.94	29.05	0.05	4.67	1.25	194.40
3	0.00	0.00	84.07	30.63	0.00	0.21	22.49	5.16	0.00	1.03	143.59
4	0.00	0.00	17.67	14.47	0.00	0.01	1.56	4.39	0.00	0.85	38.95
5	0.00	5.00	30.08	18.77	65.77	0.17	5.16	2.03	0.00	9.16	136.14
6	0.00	6.47	0.10	0.00	0.13	5.61	0.93	0.01	0.00	0.31	13.56
7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.54	26.04	0.19	0.01	0.58	27.36
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.81	0.00	0.29	1.11
9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	1.11	1.15	2.33
10	1.43	6.19	3.88	1.03	1.97	2.14	3.66	0.48	1.05	11.46	33.29
Total	182.00	255.72	146.01	72.50	67.87	16.80	115.68	13.20	10.17	27.51	907.46

2004	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1990
1	116.80	58.07	0.40	0.27	0.59	3.83	0.40	0.01	0.65	0.98	182.00
2	35.60	166.99	10.80	19.75	4.92	6.18	5.83	0.01	1.52	4.12	255.72
3	0.00	32.44	53.79	33.92	7.46	0.08	5.37	5.80	0.00	7.15	146.01
4	0.00	0.00	41.31	17.06	8.24	0.03	2.06	2.58	0.01	1.21	72.50
5	0.00	3.85	12.75	17.94	31.58	0.04	0.16	0.42	0.00	1.13	67.87
6	0.00	8.42	0.05	0.00	0.07	3.97	0.80	0.00	0.30	0.18	13.80
7	5.80	12.96	0.00	0.20	8.18	11.29	58.43	3.17	9.27	6.38	115.68
8	0.01	0.28	9.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.79	2.76	0.01	0.06	13.20
9	0.00	0.00	0.99	1.01	0.00	0.68	0.07	0.00	4.41	3.00	10.17
10	8.28	2.09	2.65	8.15	0.52	0.63	1.23	1.26	0.24	5.47	30.52
Total	166.49	285.10	132.02	98.30	61.55	26.75	75.14	16.01	16.42	29.68	907.46

1 - Evergreen; 2 - Semi-evergreen; 3 - Moist Deciduous; 4 - Dry Deciduous; 5 - Dry Evergreen; 6 – Reeds; 7 - Grassland; 8 - Scrub; 9 - Orchards; 10 – Others