Many remote sensing applications are devoted to the agricultural sector. Representative
case studies are presented in the special issue “Advances in Remote Sensing of …

Since the 1950s, noteworthy farmland abandonment has been occurring in many developed
countries and some develo** countries. This global land use phenomenon has …

Abstract Changes in forest disturbances can have strong impacts on forests, yet we lack
consistent data on Europe's forest disturbance regimes and their changes over time. Here …

Current estimates of forest degradation are associated with large uncertainties. However,
recent advancements in the availability of remote sensing data (eg, the free data policies of …

Land systems are the result of human interactions with the natural environment.
Understanding the drivers, state, trends and impacts of different land systems on social and …

Mortality is a key indicator of forest health, and increasing mortality can serve as bellwether
for the impacts of global change on forest ecosystems. Here we analyze trends in forest …

Under suitable conditions, deforested land used for agricultural crops or pastures can revert
to forest through the assisted or unassisted process of natural regeneration. These naturally …

The area of land use or land cover change obtained directly from a map may differ greatly
from the true area of change because of map classification error. An error-adjusted estimator …

Agricultural abandonment is widespread and growing in many regions worldwide, often
because of agricultural intensification on productive lands, conservation policies, or the …

Agricultural land abandonment is a common land-use change, making the accurate
map** of both location and timing when agricultural land abandonment occurred …