The coastal zone is a transition zone between land and sea, and has a high biodiversity.
Land use changes in the coastal zone will inevitably have huge impacts on habitat quality …

Understanding how to manage ecosystem services (ESs) is crucial for sustainable regional
development. The multiscale ES assessment can provide a new perspective for land use …

Grain production in China has increased over time despite limited access to natural
resources. However, this has led to China's grain supply system becoming increasingly …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) represents one of the most mobile and reactive organic
compounds in an ecosystem and plays an important role in the fate and transport of soil …

Farmland expansion, including area and pattern, has become one of the main
manifestations of global land use change during the last century. Since the reform and …

China, as one of the largest food consumers in the world, is currently experiencing obvious
impacts of climate change. Exploring the impact of climate change on the production …

Slope‐cultivated land (SCL) is essential for food security and ecological protection in
Southwest China's karst mountainous areas (KMA). Constructing a unified conceptual …

Cultivating perennial grasses on abandoned cropland for bioenergy production is a
promising option to meet future renewable energy demands at lower risks for food security …

The spatiotemporal change of cultivated land can exert significant effects on food production
and the associated water consumption. The quantification of these effects is meaningful for …

Cultivated land protection is related to food security and sustainable development. As an
important reserve resource, the protection and development of cultivated land in …