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Table 1 Description of vegetation dynamic types

From: Remote sensing classification method of vegetation dynamics based on time series Landsat image: a case of opencast mining area in China

Vegetation dynamic types

Description

Continuous disturbance

Vegetation is continuously disturbed during the monitoring period.

Disturbance-stabilization

Human activities lead to severe damage to vegetation and there is almost no vegetation cover after disturbance.

Disturbance-stabilization recovery

Vegetation is damaged by human disturbance, there is no vegetation, and gradual recovering is carried later.

Disturbance-recovery

During the monitoring period, the vegetation began to recover gradually after being disturbed.

Stabilization-recovery

During the monitoring period, the vegetation changed from no obvious change to recovery state.

Continuous-recovery

Vegetation is in a state of continuous recovery during the monitoring period.