Bracken fern is one of the major invasive plants distributed all over the world currently
threatening socio-economic and ecological systems due to its ability to swiftly colonize …

Highlights•The complexity of land system science requires integrated, team-based
research.•The SYPR project examined a forest frontier with a biosphere reserve in southern …

Estimating forest area at a national scale within the United Nations program of Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is primarily based on land …

Este estudio analiza la variabilidad espacial y temporal de la precipitación en el sur de la
península de Yucatán, a través de anomalías y tendencias de la precipitación anual y …

Forest cover change is one of the most important land cover change processes globally, and
old-growth forests continue to disappear despite many efforts to protect them. At the same …

Land change science has demonstrated that rural livelihoods around the world both drive
and reflect changing environmental regimes and political economic/structural …

ABSTRACT Landscape Ecology and Land Systems Science share a common concern for
the dynamics of landscapes, their environmental and human drivers and consequences …

This research examines the spatio-temporal trends in Advanced Very High Resolution
Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Inventory Modelling and Map** Studies (GIMMS) …

In forest frontiers, smallholder agrarian livelihoods remain uneasily juxtaposed with
conservation interests. Agricultural intensification is often considered a viable means of …

This chapter presents an overview of the vegetation types of the Yucatán Peninsula. Mean
annual precipitation, terrain and soil characteristics explain the large-scale distribution of …