Remote Sensing

Using annual time-series of Landsat images to assess the effects of forest restitution in post-socialist Romania
The increasing availability of the Landsat image archive and the development of approaches to make full use of these data provide novel …
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Using Landsat imagery to map forest change in southwest China in response to the national logging ban and ecotourism development
Forest cover change is one of the most important land cover change processes globally, and old-growth forests continue to disappear …
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Using the Landsat record to detect forest-cover changes during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the temperate zone of European Russia
The political breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991 provides a rare case of drastic changes in social and economic conditions, and as …
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Carbon implications of forest restitution in post-socialist Romania
The collapse of socialism in 1989 triggered a phase of institutional restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe. Several countries …
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Comparison and assessment of coarse resolution land cover maps for Northern Eurasia
Information on land cover at global and continental scales is critical for addressing a range of ecological, socioeconomic and policy …
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Differences in Landsat-based trend analyses in drylands due to the choice of vegetation estimate
Drylands cover about 41% of the globe’s surface and provide important ecosystem services, but land use and climate change exert …
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Impacts of surface gold mining on land use systems in Western Ghana
Land use conflicts are becoming increasingly apparent from local to global scales. Surface gold mining is an extreme source of such a …
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Patterns and drivers of post-socialist farmland abandonment in Western Ukraine
Farmland abandonment restructures rural landscapes in many regions worldwide in response to gradual industrialization and urbanization. …
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Post-Soviet farmland abandonment, forest recovery, and carbon sequestration in western Ukraine
Land use is a critical factor in the global carbon cycle, but land-use effects on carbon fluxes are poorly understood in many regions. …
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Rapid land use change after socio-economic disturbances: the collapse of the Soviet Union versus Chernobyl
Land use change is a principal force and inherent element of global environmental change, threatening biodiversity, natural ecosystems, …
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