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Drivers of land-use change
Spatial variation in determinants of agricultural land abandonment in Europe
Knowledge of the spatial distribution of agricultural abandonment following the collapse of the Soviet Union is highly uncertain. To …
Christian Levers
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Max Schneider
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Alexander V. Prishchepov
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Stephan Estel
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
The potential impact of economic policies on future land-use conversions in Argentina
Agricultural expansion and intensification drive the conversion of natural areas worldwide. Scenarios are powerful tools to explore …
Maria Piquer-Rodriguez
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Matthias Baumann
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Van Butsic
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H. Ignacio Gasparri
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Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro
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José N. Volante
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Daniel Muller
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Where are Europe’s last primary forests?
Primary forests have high conservation value but are rare in Europe due to historic land use. Yet many primary forest patches remain …
Francesco Maria Sabatini
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Sabina Burrascano
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William S. Keeton
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Christian Levers
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Marcus Lindner
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Florian Pötzschner
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Pieter Johannes Verkerk
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Jurgen Bauhus
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Erik Buchwald
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Oleh Chaskovsky
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Nicolas Debaive
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Ferenc Horvath
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Matteo Garbarino
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Nikolaos Grigoriadis
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Fabio Lombardi
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Ines Marques Duarte
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Peter Meyer
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Rein Midteng
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Stjepan Mikac
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Martin Mikolas
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Renzo Motta
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Gintautas Mozgeris
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Leonia Nunes
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Momchil Panayotov
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Peter Odor
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Alejandro Ruete
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Bojan Simovski
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Jonas Stillhard
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Miroslav Svoboda
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Jerzy Szwagrzyk
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Olli-Pekka Tikkanen
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Roman Volosyanchuk
,
Tomas Vrska
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Tzvetan Zlatanov
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Analyzing dynamics and values of cultural landscapes
Matthias Burgi
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Peter H. Verburg
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Tobias Plieninger
DOI
Carbon emissions from agricultural expansion and intensification in the Chaco
Carbon emissions from land-use changes in tropical dry forest systems are poorly understood, although they are likely globally …
Matthias Baumann
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Nestor Ignacio Gasparri
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Maria Piquer-Rodriguez
,
Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro
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P. Griffiths
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P. Hostert
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Characterizing European cultural landscapes: Accounting for structure, management intensity and value of agricultural and forest landscapes
Almost all rural areas in Europe have been shaped or altered by humans and can be considered cultural landscapes, many of which now are …
Koen F. Tieskens
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Catharina J. E. Schulp
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Christian Levers
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Juraj Lieskovsky
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Tobias Plieninger
,
Peter H. Verburg
DOI
Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
The dry forests of Latin America are among the most dynamic deforestation frontiers in the world and are important carbon and …
Matthias Baumann
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Christoph Israel
,
Maria Piquer-Rodriguez
,
Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro
,
Jose Norberto Volante
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Land Change in the Carpathian Region Before and After Major Institutional Changes
The Carpathian region represents an ideal showcase of several land change theories and their implications for conservation because this …
Catalina Munteanu
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Volker Radeloff
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Patrick Griffiths
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Lubos Halada
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Dominik Kaim
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Jan Knorn
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Jacek Kozak
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Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Juraj Lieskovsky
,
Daniel Muller
,
Katarzyna Ostapowicz
,
Oleksandra Shandra
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Premysl Stych
DOI
Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images
Traditional farming landscapes in the temperate zone that have persisted for millennia can be exceptionally species-rich and are …
Angelica Feurdean
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Catalina Munteanu
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Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Anne B. Nielsen
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Simon M. Hutchinson
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Eszter Ruprecht
,
Catherine L. Parr
,
Aurel Persoiu
,
Thomas Hickler
DOI
Nineteenth-century land-use legacies affect contemporary land abandonment in the Carpathians
Historical land use may shape landscapes for centuries into the future, but it remains unclear how much land-use legacies affect …
Catalina Munteanu
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Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Martin Boltiziar
,
Juraj Lieskovsky
,
Matej Mojses
,
Dominik Kaim
,
Eva Konkoly-Gyuro
,
Peter Mackovcin
,
Daniel Muller
,
Katarzyna Ostapowicz
,
Volker C. Radeloff
DOI
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