Table 2 Correlation between the interannual rates of change in major land cover types and the interannual rates of change in the SOS, EOS and LOS from 2001–2020.

From: Dynamic monitoring of vegetation phenology on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau from 2001 to 2020 via the MSAVI and EVI

R

Bare ground and

deserts

Grasslands

Meadows

Scrub

Forests

D1

D2

SOS (MSAVI)

0.16

−0.43

−0.45 *

−0.24

−0.73 *

−0.88 *

−0.50 *

EOS (MSAVI)

−0.32

0.85 *

0.90 *

0.47 *

0.65 *

0.54 *

0.96 *

SOS (EVI)

0.13

−0.41

−0.43

−0.23

−0.72 *

−0.84 *

−0.46 *

EOS (EVI)

−0.32

0.86 *

0.91 *

0.49 *

0.68 *

0.57 *

0.99 *

SOS (NDVI)

0.46 *

−0.84 *

−0.79 *

−0.68 *

−0.49 *

−0.41

−0.72 *

EOS (NDVI)

−0.14

0.38

0.40

0.21

0.64 *

0.77 *

0.44

LOS (a)

−0.48 *

0.78 *

0.74 *

0.73 *

0.45 *

0.38

0.67 *

LOS (b)

−0.50 *

0.75 *

0.71 *

0.76 *

0.44

0.37

0.65 *

LOS (c)

−0.52 *

0.73 *

0.69 *

0.79 *

0.42

0.35

0.63 *

LOS (d)

−0.59 *

0.64 *

0.60 *

0.90 *

0.37

0.31

0.55 *

  1. SOS and EOS were extracted via the MSAVI, EVI and NDVI, respectively. LOS (a) corresponds to the LOS extracted by the experimental group in Fig. 5, and LOS (b), (c), and (d) correspond to the LOS extracted by the three control groups in Fig. 5. Note: * p < 0.05.