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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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Finite land resources and competition
Today, global land use is affected by a variety of factors, including urbanization and the growing interconnectedness of economies and …
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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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Beyond ‘land sparing versus land sharing’: environmental heterogeneity, globalization and the balance between agricultural production and nature conservation
By addressing the trade-offs between food production and biodiversity conservation at landscape and ecoregion scales, the land …
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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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Hot moments for biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity conservation requires prioritization to be effective. Biodiversity hotspots and conservation planning identify where to …
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Mapping global land system archetypes
Land use is a key driver of global environmental change. Unless major shifts in consumptive behaviours occur, land-based production …
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