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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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Mapping farmland abandonment and recultivation across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series
Farmland abandonment is a widespread land-use change in temperate regions, due to increasing yields on productive lands, conservation …
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Mapping wood production in European forests
Wood production is an important forest use, impacting a range of other ecosystem services. However, information on the spatial patterns …
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Patterns and drivers of scattered tree loss in agricultural landscapes: orchard meadows in Germany (1968-2009)
Scattered trees support high levels of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, but they are threatened …
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Testing the Effectiveness of Environmental Variables to Explain European Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness across Biogeographical Scales
We compared the effectiveness of environmental variables, and in particular of land-use indicators, to explain species richness …
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Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010
Land use is a cornerstone of human civilization, but also intrinsically linked to many global sustainability challenges—from climate …
Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Tobias Kuemmerle, Daniel Muller, Karlheinz Erb, Peter H. Verburg, Helmut Haberl, Jens Peter Vesterager, Maja Andric, Marc Antrop, Gunnar Austrheim, Ismo Bjorn, Alberte Bondeau, Matthias Burgi, Jessica Bryson, Gilles Caspar, Louis F. Cassar, Elisabeth Conrad, Pavel Chromy, Vidmantas Daugirdas, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Ramon Elena-Rossello, Urs Gimmi, Zita Izakovicova, Vit Jancak, Ulf Jansson, Drago Kladnik, Jacek Kozak, Eva Konkoly-Gyuro, Fridolin Krausmann, Ulo Mander, John McDonagh, Jaan Parn, Maria Niedertscheider, Olgerts Nikodemus, Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Marta Perez-Soba, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Gintaras Ribokas, Mark Rounsevell, Despoina Schistou, Claude Schmit, Theano S. Terkenli, Aud M. Tretvik, Piotr Trzepacz, Angheluta Vadineanu, Ariane Walz, Edvin Zhllima, Anette Reenberg
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