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Testing the Effectiveness of Environmental Variables to Explain European Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness across Biogeographical Scales
We compared the effectiveness of environmental variables, and in particular of land-use indicators, to explain species richness …
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Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010
Land use is a cornerstone of human civilization, but also intrinsically linked to many global sustainability challenges—from climate …
Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Tobias Kuemmerle, Daniel Mueller, Karlheinz Erb, Peter H. Verburg, Helmut Haberl, Jens Peter Vesterager, Maja Andric, Marc Antrop, Gunnar Austrheim, Ismo Bjorn, Alberte Bondeau, Matthias Burgi, Jessica Bryson, Gilles Caspar, Louis F. Cassar, Elisabeth Conrad, Pavel Chromy, Vidmantas Daugirdas, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Ramon Elena-Rossello, Urs Gimmi, Zita Izakovicova, Vit Jancak, Ulf Jansson, Drago Kladnik, Jacek Kozak, Eva Konkoly-Gyuro, Fridolin Krausmann, Ulo Mander, John McDonagh, Jaan Parn, Maria Niedertscheider, Olgerts Nikodemus, Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Marta Perez-Soba, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Gintaras Ribokas, Mark Rounsevell, Despoina Schistou, Claude Schmit, Theano S. Terkenli, Aud M. Tretvik, Piotr Trzepacz, Angheluta Vadineanu, Ariane Walz, Edvin Zhllima, Anette Reenberg
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Drivers of forest harvesting intensity patterns in Europe
Forests provide humankind with essential raw materials and the demand for these materials is increasing. Further expanding forestry …
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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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Bias in the attribution of forest carbon sinks
A substantial fraction of the terrestrial carbon sink, past and present, may be incorrectly attributed to environmental change rather …
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Consequences of nuclear accidents for biodiversity and ecosystem services
Nuclear energy is a potential solution to electricity demand but also entails risks. Policy debates on nuclear accidents have focused …
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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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Reconstructing range dynamics and range fragmentation of European bison for the last 8000 years
Aim: Understanding what constituted species’ ranges prior to large-scale human influence, and how past climate and land use change have …
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Refugee species: which historic baseline should inform conservation planning?
Understanding species’ historical ranges can provide important information for conservation planning in the face of environmental …
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Causes of Cropland Abandonment During the Post-socialist Transition in Southern Romania
We analyzed the causes of cropland abandonment in Argeş County, Romania, after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Cropland changes …
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