Land-use change patterns

Using occupancy models to assess the direct and indirect impacts of agricultural expansion on species’ populations
Land-use change is a global threat to biodiversity, but how land-use change affects species beyond the direct effect of habitat loss …
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Large greenhouse gas savings due to changes in the post-Soviet food systems
As the global food system contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, understanding the sources of GHG …
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Mapping and modelling past and future land use change in Europe’s cultural landscapes
Cultural landscapes are valued for their landscape character and cultural heritage. Yet, these often low-intensity, multifunctional …
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Mapping Land System Archetypes to Understand Drivers of Ecosystem Service Risks
Land system archetypes are unique patterns of land-use intensity within prevailing environmental and socio-economic conditions that …
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Marmots from space: assessing population size and habitat use of a burrowing mammal using publicly available satellite images
Social, burrowing mammals such as prairie dogs, ground squirrels or marmots are keystone species in grassland ecosystems. Grasslands …
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Post-Soviet Land-Use Change Affected Fire Regimes on the Eurasian Steppes
Fire is an important disturbance in grassland ecosystems. Anthropogenic factors, especially land use, have drastically altered fire …
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Archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe
Assessments of land-system change have dominantly focused on conversions among broad land-use categories, whereas intensity changes …
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Mapping the timing of cropland abandonment and recultivation in northern Kazakhstan using annual Landsat time series
Much of the world’s temperate grasslands have been converted to croplands, yet these trends can reverse in some regions. This is …
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Middle-range theories of land system change
Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid …
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Simulating and delineating future land change trajectories across Europe
Explorations of future land use change are important to understand potential conflicts between competing land uses, trade-offs …
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