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Drivers of land-use change
Recultivation of abandoned agricultural lands in Ukraine: Patterns and drivers
The recent rise in agricultural commodity prices and the expectation that high price will persist have triggered a wave of farmland …
Anatoliy Smaliychuk
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Daniel Muller
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Alexander V. Prishchepov
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Christian Levers
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Ivan Kruhlov
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Representing composition, spatial structure and management intensity of European agricultural landscapes: A new typology
Comprehensive maps that characterize the variation in agricultural landscapes across Europe are lacking. In this paper we present a new …
Emma H. van der Zanden
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Christian Levers
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Peter H. Verburg
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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The driving forces of landscape change in Europe: A systematic review of the evidence
Over the past decades, landscapes worldwide have experienced changes (e.g., urbanization, agricultural intensification, expansion of …
Tobias Plieninger
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Helene Draux
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Nora Fagerholm
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Claudia Bieling
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Matthias Burgi
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Thanasis Kizos
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Jorgen Primdahl
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Peter H. Verburg
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The Emerging Soybean Production Frontier in Southern Africa: Conservation Challenges and the Role of South-South Telecouplings
Soybean expansion has been a strong driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss in South America (SAM). Here, we highlight strong …
Nestor Ignacio Gasparri
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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Yann le Polain de Waroux
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Holger Kreft
DOI
The impacts of warfare and armed conflict on land systems
Land-use decisions can change abruptly in response to shocks, and warfare and armed conflicts are among the most drastic and globally …
Matthias Baumann
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
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 …
Christian Levers
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Daniel Muller
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Karlheinz Erb
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Helmut Haberl
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Martin Rudbeck Jepsen
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Marc J. Metzger
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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Tobias Plieninger
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Christoph Plutzar
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Julia Sturck
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Peter H. Verburg
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Pieter J. Verkerk
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Conservation and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The impacts of warfare, mining, and protected areas on deforestation
Tropical forests provide critical ecosystem services worldwide. Nonetheless, ongoing agricultural expansion, timber extraction, and …
Van Butsic
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Matthias Baumann
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Anja Shortland
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Sarah Walker
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Exploring ecosystem-change and society through a landscape lens: recent progress in European landscape research
Landscapes are closely linked to human well-being, but they are undergoing rapid and fundamental change. Understanding the societal …
Tobias Plieninger
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Thanasis Kizos
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Claudia Bieling
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Laurence Le Du-Blayo
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Marie-Alice Budniok
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Matthias Burgi
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Carole L. Crumley
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Genevieve Girod
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Pip Howard
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Jan Kolen
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Grega Milcinski
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Hannes Palang
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Kathrin Trommler
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Peter H. Verburg
DOI
Exploring long-term trends in land use change and aboveground human appropriation of net primary production in nine European countries
Profound changes in land use occurred during the last century in Europe, driven by growing population, changes in affluence, and …
Simone Gingrich
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Maria Niedertscheider
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Thomas Kastner
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Helmut Haberl
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Georgia Cosor
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Fridolin Krausmann
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Daniel Muller
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Annabella Reith-Musel
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Martin Rudbeck Jepsen
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Angheluta Vadineanu
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Karl-Heinz Erb
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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 …
Laura M. E. Sutcliffe
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Péter Batary
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Urs Kormann
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Andras Baldi
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Lynn V. Dicks
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Irina Herzon
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David Kleijn
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Piotr Tryjanowski
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Iva Apostolova
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Raphael Arlettaz
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Ainars Aunins
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Stephanie Aviron
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Ligita Balezentiene
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Christina Fischer
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Lubos Halada
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Tibor Hartel
,
Aveliina Helm
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Iordan Hristov
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Sven D. Jelaska
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Mitja Kaligaric
,
Johannes Kamp
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Sebastian Klimek
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Pille Koorberg
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Jarmila Kostiukova
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Aniko Kovacs-Hostyanszki
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Christoph Leuschner
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Regina Lindborg
,
Jacqueline Loos
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Simona Maccherini
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Riho Marja
,
Orsolya Mathe
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Inge Paulini
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Vania Proenca
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Jose Rey-Benayas
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F. Xavier Sans
,
Charlotte Seifert
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Jaroslaw Stalenga
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Johannes Timaeus
,
Peter Torok
,
Chris van Swaay
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Eneli Viik
,
Teja Tscharntke
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