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Table 2 MODIS Type 1 LULC classes and their tsetse fly suitability classification.

From: Optimum land cover products for use in a Glossina-morsitans habitat model of Kenya

Class ID

Class Name

Class Description

Suitable Tsetse

Land Cover

Area of Kenya (km2)

0

Water

Fresh or saline water body

No

12,825

1

Evergreen needleleaf forest

A landscape dominated by trees more than 2 meters tall

Yes

503

2

Evergreen broadleaf forest

A landscape dominated by trees more than 2 meters tall

Yes

15,617

3

Deciduous needleleaf forest

A landscape dominated by trees more than 2 meters tall

Yes

1

4

Deciduous broadleaf forest

A landscape dominated by trees more than 2 meters tall

Yes

899

5

Mixed forests

A landscape dominated by trees more than 2 meters tall

Yes

716

6

Closed shrublands

A landscape dominated by woody vegetation no more than 2 meters tall

Yes

20,998

7

Open shrublands

A landscape dominated by woody vegetation no more than 2 meters tall

Yes

207,803

8

Woody savannas

A mosaic of grass, trees, and shrubs

Yes

42,972

9

Savannas

A mosaic of grass, trees, and shrubs

Yes

122,514

10

Grasslands

Primary vegetation is grass or grass-like plants

No

97,005

11

Permanent wetlands

A permanent mosaic of water, herbaceous, and woody vegetation

Yes

436

12

Croplands

Lands primarily used for agricultural purposes

No

18,536

13

Urban and built-up

Human built environment

No

1,295

14

Cropland/natural vegetation mosaic

A mosaic of cropland, trees, shrubs, and grasslands

No

13,461

16

Barren or sparsely vegetated

Any land surface with little or no vegetation (e.g. sand/rock/salt pans)

No

31,448