Agricultural intensification

Global patterns of agricultural land-use intensity and vertebrate diversity
Aim Land-use change is the single biggest cause of biodiversity loss. With a rising demand for resources, understanding how and where …
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Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland
A large proportion of European biodiversity today depends on habitat provided by low-intensity farming practices, yet this resource is …
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Exploring the effects of drastic institutional and socio-economic changes on land system dynamics in Germany between 1883 and 2007
Long-term studies of land system change can help providing insights into the relative importance of underlying drivers of change. Here, …
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Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature
Anthropogenic changes to land cover (LCC) remain common, but continuing land scarcity promotes the widespread intensification of land …
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Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward
To address the challenges of biodiversity conservation and commodity production, a framework has been proposed that distinguishes …
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Mapping Land Management Regimes in Western Ukraine Using Optical and SAR Data
The global demand for agricultural products is surging due to population growth, more meat-based diets, and the increasing role of …
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A conceptual framework for analysing and measuring land-use intensity
Large knowledge gaps currently exist that limit our ability to understand and characterise dynamics and patterns of land-use intensity: …
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Challenges and opportunities in mapping land use intensity globally
Future increases in land-based production will need to focus more on sustainably intensifying existing production systems. …
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Future land use effects on the connectivity of protected area networks in southeastern Spain
Land-use change is a major driver of the global biodiversity crisis, mainly via the fragmentation and loss of natural habitat. Although …
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Farm Size and Land Use Pattern Changes in Postsocialist Poland
The postsocialist transition resulted in widespread structural change in Polish agriculture, but fine-scale assessments of how these …
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