Remote Sensing

Legacies of 19th century land use shape contemporary forest cover
Historic land use can exert strong land-use legacies, i.e., long-lasting effects on ecosystems, but the importance of land-use …
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Long-term agricultural land-cover change and potential for cropland expansion in the former Virgin Lands area of Kazakhstan
During the Soviet Virgin Lands Campaign, approximately 23 million hectares (Mha) of Eurasian steppe grassland were converted into …
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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 seasonal European bison habitat in the Caucasus Mountains to identify potential reintroduction sites
In an increasingly human-dominated world, conservation requires the mitigation of conflicts between large mammals and people. Conflicts …
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The relative effectiveness of protected areas, a logging ban, and sacred areas for old-growth forest protection in southwest China
Forests are critically important for life on earth, prompting a variety of efforts to protect them. Protected areas and logging …
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Forest disturbances, forest recovery, and changes in forest types across the Carpathian ecoregion from 1985 to 2010 based on Landsat image composites
Detailed knowledge of forest cover dynamics is crucial for many applications from resource management to ecosystem service assessments. …
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Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature
Anthropogenic changes to land cover (LCC) remain common, but continuing land scarcity promotes the widespread intensification of land …
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Land-use change in the Caucasus during and after the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Socioeconomic shocks can shape future land-use trajectories. Armed conflicts are an extreme form of a socioeconomic shock, but our …
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Mapping Land Management Regimes in Western Ukraine Using Optical and SAR Data
The global demand for agricultural products is surging due to population growth, more meat-based diets, and the increasing role of …
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Modelling avian biodiversity using raw, unclassified satellite imagery
Applications of remote sensing for biodiversity conservation typically rely on image classifications that do not capture variability …
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