Quantitative analysis of the response of ecosystem health to rural land use change is
required to comprehend the human-nature coupling mechanism and to explore the process …

Abstract The assessment of Ecosystem Health (EH) is crucial for effective ecosystem
services (ES) management and global environmental change assessment. This study aims …

Agricultural expansion into subtropical and tropical forests causes major environmental
damage, but its wider social impacts often remain hidden. Forest-dependent smallholders …

Habitat destruction and overexploitation are the main threats to biodiversity and where they
co‐occur, their combined impact is often larger than their individual one. Yet, detailed …

Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies
of state-driven smallholder colonization. Modern-day agricultural frontiers, however, are …

Aim Understanding how habitat loss and overhunting impact large carnivores is important
for broad‐scale conservation planning. We aimed to assess how these threats interacted to …

Understanding the spatial–temporal dynamics of wetland land cover (LC) changes and their
impacts on ecosystem services (ESs) is essential for wetland conservation and …

Aim To evaluate the representativeness of the current network of protected areas (PA s) of
one of the most threatened ecoregions in the world, the South American Gran Chaco, and …

As an internationally important wetland for migratory waterbirds, China's Poyang Lake
region has experienced substantial changes in land use during the past two decades owing …

Clearance for agriculture or cattle ranching was the dominant land-cover change during the
last two decades in the South American Dry Chaco. The Argentinean portion has been …