[HTML][HTML] What is the future of abandoned agricultural lands? A systematic review of alternative trajectories in Europe

CMJ Fayet, KH Reilly, C Van Ham, PH Verburg - Land use policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural land abandonment and its impacts on landscape features have been a striking
characteristic of many European rural areas over the last decades. Although previous …

Manifestations and underlying drivers of agricultural land use change in Europe

J Van Vliet, HLF de Groot, P Rietveld… - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural land use in Europe has changed considerably in the last decades. However, our
understanding of agricultural land use changes, especially changes in land use intensity, is …

Hydrological and erosive consequences of farmland abandonment in Europe, with special reference to the Mediterranean region–A review

JM García-Ruiz, N Lana-Renault - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Farmland abandonment is a major problem in parts of Europe, particularly in mountain
areas and semiarid environments. In such places, farmland abandonment represents a …

Changes in land-use/land-cover patterns in Italy and their implications for biodiversity conservation

A Falcucci, L Maiorano, L Boitani - Landscape ecology, 2007 - Springer
Land-use/land-cover change is the most important factor in causing biodiversity loss. The
Mediterranean region has been affected by antropic disturbance for thousands of years, and …

[HTML][HTML] Depopulation impacts on ecosystem services in Mediterranean rural areas

D Bruno, R Sorando, B Álvarez-Farizo, C Castellano… - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the exponential increase in human population at global scale, some rural areas
have experienced a progressive abandonment over the last decades. Under particular …

Modelling the impact of urban growth on agriculture and natural land in Italy to 2030

F Martellozzo, F Amato, B Murgante, KC Clarke - Applied Geography, 2018 - Elsevier
The uncontrolled spread of towns and cities into their surrounding rural and natural land,
and the consequent increasing demand for new natural resources are among the most …

The role of fire in European Mediterranean ecosystems

JG Pausas, VR Vallejo - Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires: in the …, 1999 - Springer
Fire is an integral part of many ecosystems, including the Mediterranean ones. However, in
recent decades the general trend in number of fires and surface burnt in European …

Mountain Mediterranean landscape evolution caused by the abandonment of traditional primary activities: a study of the Spanish Central Pyrenees

T Lasanta-Martínez, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Applied …, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper analyses changes in plant cover in a valley of the Spanish Central Pyrenees
during the second half of the 20th century. The role played by the extensification of farming …

Land use and land cover change after agricultural abandonment

R Poyatos, J Latron, P Llorens - Mountain research and development, 2003 - BioOne
Land cover map** obtained from photointerpretation of aerial photographs and
orthophotographs was used to quantify land cover changes between 1957 and 1996 in a …

Drought-induced multifactor decline of Scots pine in the Pyrenees and potential vegetation change by the expansion of co-occurring oak species

L Galiano, J Martínez-Vilalta, F Lloret - Ecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Episodes of drought-induced tree dieback have been recently observed in many forest
areas of the world, particularly at the dry edge of species distributions. Under climate …