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 …

Context The reasons for recent landscape change in the European countryside are complex
and poorly substantiated. Identification of drivers of landscape transition and assessment of …

Over the past decades, landscapes worldwide have experienced changes (eg, urbanization,
agricultural intensification, expansion of renewable energy uses) at magnitudes that put their …

In many mountain regions, there have been dramatic changes in agricultural land use in
recent decades. In some cases, these are related to changes in technology, such as the …

Multifunctional landscapes optimise the benefits for stakeholders by providing multiple
demanded ecosystem services (ESs) within the same area. Although previous studies have …

Natural and cultural landscapes have changed their face in history over the whole Europe
due to many aspects. Not only environmental factors determined landscapes, but also social …

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 …

Context Land use legacies of human activities and recent post-abandonment forest
expansion have extensively modified numerous forest landscapes throughout the European …

Grasslands are one of the most widespread terrestrial biomes. In Europe, the majority of
grasslands depends on human management, and as a result, grassland areas are facing …

Mountain forest areas are key for providing a wide range of ecosystem services and are hot
spots for land use change processes, in particular, increase in forest cover at the expense of …