Drivers of land-use change

Nineteenth-century land-use legacies affect contemporary land abandonment in the Carpathians
Historical land use may shape landscapes for centuries into the future, but it remains unclear how much land-use legacies affect …
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Quasi-experimental methods enable stronger inferences from observational data in ecology
Many systems and processes in ecology cannot be experimentally controlled, either because the temporal and spatial scales are too …
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Rents, Actors, and the Expansion of Commodity Frontiers in the Gran Chaco
Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies of state-driven smallholder colonization. …
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The effect of protected areas on forest disturbance in the Carpathian Mountains 1985-2010
Protected areas are a cornerstone for forest protection, but they are not always effective during times of socioeconomic and …
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The role of soybean production as an underlying driver of deforestation in the South American Chaco
South America’s tropical dry forests and savannas are under increasing pressure from agricultural expansion. Cattle ranching and …
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Competition for Land-Based Ecosystem Services: Trade-Offs and Synergies
In this chapter, we define, conceptualize, and exemplify competition for ecosystem services derived from land. Competition for …
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Drivers of changes in agricultural intensity in Europe
The global demand for agricultural products will increase in the 21st century, unless major transformations in consumptive behaviour …
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Drivers, constraints and trade-offs associated with recultivating abandoned cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Further cropland expansion might be unavoidable to satisfy the growing demand for land-based products and ecosystem services. A crucial …
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Land-Use Competition in the South American Chaco
The dry forests of the Chaco in South America are under great land conversion pressure, mostly for establishing pastures and soybean …
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Mapping cropland-use intensity across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series
Global agricultural production will likely need to increase in the future due to population growth, changing diets, and the rising …
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