Remote Sensing

A Pixel-Based Landsat Compositing Algorithm for Large Area Land Cover Mapping
Information on the changing land surface is required at high spatial resolutions as many processes cannot be resolved using coarse …
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Agricultural land change in the Carpathian ecoregion after the breakdown of socialism and expansion of the European Union
Widespread changes of agricultural land use occurred in Eastern Europe since the collapse of socialism and the European Union’s …
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Continued loss of temperate old-growth forests in the Romanian Carpathians despite an increasing protected area network
Old-growth forests around the world are vanishing rapidly and have been lost almost completely from the European temperate forest …
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Landsat-based mapping of post-Soviet land-use change to assess the effectiveness of the Oksky and Mordovsky protected areas in European Russia
Land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) is the main cause of the global biodiversity crisis and protected areas are critical to prevent …
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Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data
The demand for agricultural products continues to grow rapidly, but further agricultural expansion entails substantial environmental …
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Post-Soviet cropland abandonment and carbon sequestration in European Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Widespread cropland abandonment occurred after the collapse of socialism across the former Soviet Union, but the rates and spatial …
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Regime shift on the roof of the world: Alpine meadows converting to shrublands in the southern Himalayas
Worldwide, changing climates and land use practices are escalating woody-plants encroachment into grasslands, reducing biodiversity and …
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Effects of institutional changes on land use: agricultural land abandonment during the transition from state-command to market-driven economies in post-Soviet Eastern Europe
Institutional settings play a key role in shaping land cover and land use. Our goal was to understand the effects of institutional …
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Forest restitution and protected area effectiveness in post-socialist Romania
The effectiveness of protected areas can diminish during times of pronounced socio-economic and institutional change. Our goals were to …
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Land-cover change and human population trends in the greater Serengeti ecosystem from 1984–2003
The growth of human populations around protected areas accelerates land conversion and isolation, negatively impacting biodiversity and …
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