Central Asia

Declining human pressure and opportunities for rewilding in the steppes of Eurasia
Matthias Baumann, Johannes Kamp, Florian Pötzschner, Benjamin Bleyhl, Andrey Dara, Brett Hankerson, Alexander V. Prishchepov, Florian Schierhorn, Daniel Muller, Norbert Hölzel, Roland Krämer, Ruslan Urazaliyev, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Annual Landsat time series reveal post-Soviet changes in grazing pressure
Temperate grasslands are globally widespread, play an important role as carbon storage, and harbor unique biodiversity. Livestock …
Andrey Dara, Matthias Baumann, Martin Freitag, Norbert Hölzl, Patrick Hostert, Johannes Kamp, Daniel Muller, Alexander V. Prishchepov, Tobias Kuemmerle
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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 …
Andrey Dara, Matthias Baumann, Norbert Hölzl, Patrick Hostert, Johannes Kamp, Daniel Muller, Benjamin Ullrich, Tobias Kuemmerle
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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 …
Andrey Dara, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Dirk Pflugmacher, Andreas Rabe, Patrick Griffiths, Norbert Hölzl, Johannes Kamp, Martin Freitag, Patrick Hostert
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