Spatially explicit reconstruction of historical land cover change is a prerequisite for a more
comprehensive understanding of environmental changes. Anthropogenic activities have …

One of the challenges in global change research is the significant uncertainty in global
historical land use and land cover (LUCC) datasets, which are widely used as foundational …

Despite its essential importance to various spatial agriculture and environmental
applications, the information on actual cropland area and its geographical distribution …

A credible spatially explicit historical cropland dataset is the basis for accurately evaluating
the impacts of anthropogenic land cover change on global changes. The credibility of the …

Land use and land cover (LULC) mapping are of paramount importance to monitor and
understand the structure and dynamics of the Earth system. One of the most promising ways …

The aim of this study was to clarify the distribution of irrigated drylands in arid and semi-arid
areas, where complex terrain, diverse crops and staggered cultivated lands exist. This paper …

Spatially explicit historical land cover datasets are essential not only for simulations of
climate and environmental dynamics but also for projections of future land use, food security …

The natural vegetation has been substantially changed over the last millenium, especially
from forest to agricultural areas in Europe. To study the effects of deforestation on carbon …

Cropland expansion is effected by physiogeographic and sociocultural factors, which vary
across region and over time, but have not been adequately represented in large-scale …

This study evaluates and contrasts changes in vegetation cover over three decades in two
forest areas in the State of Chihuahua in northern Mexico with different management …