Agricultural intensification

frontiermetrics: An R Package for Characterizing Deforestation Frontiers
Deforestation frontiers are regions where land use expands into forests, causing much of the world’s biodiversity loss, carbon …
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Protecting temperate old-growth forests as biotic microrefugia amid climate change
In times of climate change and biosphere degradation, leveraging the potential of forests to support carbon storage and biodiversity is …
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Mapping the geography of livestock systems in South America’s dry diagonal

Livestock production is a major driver of global environmental change, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss, …

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Unpacking the role of failed land investments in driving tropical deforestation
Tropical and subtropical forests and savannas support millions of forest-dependent people. These ecosystems are under rising pressure …
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Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present
The expansion of commodity agriculture into tropical forests leads to major social–ecological impacts. Yet little is known about where …
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Quantifying the Spatial Footprint of Agriculture-Driven Edge Effects in a Global Deforestation Hotspot
Tropical dry forests are under high and rising pressure from agricultural expansion, resulting in widespread forest conversion and …
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Habitat suitability for Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) increases across its global range, but populations continue to decline
Migratory birds are among the most threatened animals globally. Environmental drivers of bird distributions outside the breeding …
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Changes in grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian steppe better than climate
In grassland ecosystems, fire plays an important role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological functioning but also causes …
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Uncovering patterns of cattle intensification across South America's dry diagonal

Where cattle production expands into natural ecosystems, it typically leads to stark social–ecological impacts, including greenhouse …

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Only one-third of protected areas in the Chaco effectively curb woodland loss, but their impact extends beyond their boundaries
Forests in the tropics and subtropics harbor most of the world’s biodiversity and provide essential services but are under high …
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