Production potential in the “bread baskets” of Eastern Europe and Central Asia

J Swinnen, S Burkitbayeva, F Schierhorn… - Global Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Eastern Europe and Central Asia is a major food producer and exporter. Almost a
quarter of world wheat exports come from the region, and especially from Kazakhstan …

Vegetation dynamics and responses to climate change and human activities in Central Asia

L Jiang, A Bao, H Guo, F Ndayisaba - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the current changes and dynamics of different types of vegetation in
relation to climatic changes and anthropogenic activities is critical for develo** adaptation …

Map** croplands of Europe, middle east, russia, and central asia using landsat, random forest, and google earth engine

AR Phalke, M Özdoğan, PS Thenkabail… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate and timely information on croplands is important for environmental, food security,
and policy studies. Spatially explicit cropland datasets are also required to derive …

Optimal ranges of social-environmental drivers and their impacts on vegetation dynamics in Kazakhstan

V Kolluru, R John, J Chen, J ** agricultural land abandonment from spatial and temporal segmentation of Landsat time series
H Yin, AV Prishchepov, T Kuemmerle, B Bleyhl… - Remote sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural land abandonment is a common land-use change, making the accurate
map** of both location and timing when agricultural land abandonment occurred …

The Palaearctic steppe biome: a new synthesis

K Wesche, D Ambarlı, J Kamp, P Török… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
The Palaearctic steppes range from the Mediterranean basin towards China, forming one of
the largest continuous terrestrial biomes. The literature on steppe ecology and conservation …

Unraveling the relative impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland productivity in Central Asia over last three decades

T Chen, G Tang, Y Yuan, H Guo, Z Xu, G Jiang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change (CC) and human activities (HA) have severely influenced grassland
productivity in Central Asia since the 1980s. However, the relative impacts of CC and HA on …

Drivers, constraints and trade-offs associated with recultivating abandoned cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

P Meyfroidt, F Schierhorn, AV Prishchepov… - Global Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Further cropland expansion might be unavoidable to satisfy the growing demand for land-
based products and ecosystem services. A crucial issue is thus to assess the trade-offs …