Land use has fundamentally altered landscape structure and ecosystem service provision
over the last century in central Europe and worldwide. In this study, we analyzed long-term …

In recent ecosystem service studies, historical data have gained importance as basis for
analysing temporal trends and for adapted land management strategies; however, the total …

Landscape structure and ecosystem service (ES) provision in Central Europe have changed
fundamentally and some ES have been irreversibly degraded over the last 250 years. The …

Quantifying landscape pattern and its change is essential for the monitoring of changes in
ecosystem services caused by urbanization and other processes. Landscape indicators can …

The concept of ecosystem services has helped rationalize humanity's dependence on and
benefits from nature, pushing the paradigm of environmental sustainability from a charity in …

The naturalness of landscapes and its assessment is a major issue in landscape
management and nature conservation (Ridder 2007a; Verhoog et al. 2007). Additionally …

Landscape appearance is controlled by a range of different environmental and human-
induced factors, although there is still a lack of knowledge about the significance of …

There is broad consensus that land use/cover has changed in central Europe over millennia.
However, few studies have addressed the roles of the anthropogenic (socio-economic) and …

Land use change has a major impact on goods and services that our environment supplies
for society. While detailed ecological or biophysical field studies are needed to quantify the …

In most parts of the world, land-use/land cover can be considered an interface between
natural conditions and anthropogenic influence. Indicators are being sought which reflect …