Figure 6
Recovery in bare ground scores following the four years of largest degradation. Split by bare ground percentile, based on the median degradation scores of the final three years of the time series (2018–2020). (A) Absolute recovery, positive numbers along the y axis signify an increase in bare ground, while negative numbers signify a decrease in bare ground. Blue diamonds indicate annual rainfall (November to October) based on CHIRPS version 254 data. (B) Relative recovery, the proportion of decline that returns in the recovery year. A value of 1 = total recovery, 0 = no recovery, <0 = continued decline, >1 net improvement. Whiskers represent 95% confidence intervals around the median. Outliers are not shown. All contrasts were statistically different in the ANOVA tests.
