A heading is missing from the left-most column in Table 4. The first column should be labeled Natural vegetation types. Please see the corrected Table 4 here.
Table 4. Changes of natural vegetation types of other covers in South Ecuador since 1976 to 2008.
| Crops | Pastures | Plantations | Degraded Forests | Urban Areas | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural vegetation types | Total Converted Surface (km2) | % | Total Converted Surface (km2) | % | Total Converted Surface (km2) | % | Total Converted Surface (km2) | % | Total Converted Surface (km2) | % |
| Montane evergreen forest (MEF) | 97 | 1.1 | 1218 | 13.2 | 18 | 0.2 | 2444 | 26.5 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Premontane evergreen forest (PEF) | 19 | 0.9 | 613 | 30.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1041 | 51.2 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Seasonally dry forest (SDF) | 439 | 9.6 | 832 | 18.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 87 | 1.9 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Shrubland (SL) | 75 | 2.5 | 980 | 33.0 | 19 | 0.6 | 354 | 11.9 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Paramo (PA) | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 28 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 631 | 14.2 | 3653 | 96.2 | 41 | 1.2 | 3954 | 95.4 | 21 | 0.5 |
Reference
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