The eighteenth-century Malthusian prediction of population growth outstrip** food
production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since …

Aims Eurasian forest‐steppes are among the most complex non‐tropical terrestrial
ecosystems. Despite their considerable scientific, ecological and economic importance …

Quantifying the dynamics of land use change is critical in tackling global societal challenges
such as food security, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Here we analyse the dynamics …

Nitrogen (N) is crucial for crop productivity. However, nowadays more than half of the N
added to cropland is lost to the environment, wasting the resource, producing threats to air …

Farmland abandonment is a widespread land-use change in temperate regions, due to
increasing yields on productive lands, conservation policies, and the increasing imports of …

Land-based mitigation is essential in reducing net carbon emissions. Yet, the attribution of
carbon fluxes remains highly uncertain, in particular for the forest-rich region of Eastern …

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