Historical land use strongly influences current landscapes and ecosystems making maps of
historical land cover an important reference point. However, the earliest satellite-based land …

CORONA spy satellites offer high spatial resolution imagery acquired in the 1960s and early
1970s and declassified in 1995, and they have been used in various scientific fields, such as …

The cessation of most human activities resulting from post‐World War II expulsions and
forced displacements in Central Europe triggered massive land cover transformation in …

Land cover mapping is often performed via satellite or aerial multispectral/hyperspectral
datasets. This paper explores new potentials for the characterisation of land cover from …

The regeneration dynamics of understory vegetation in recent forests, arising from extensive
agricultural land abandonment, is closely related to soil properties and proximity to ancient …

Nowadays, Poland is one of the European countries most affected by agricultural land
abandonment (ALA). Though considered to be a negative phenomenon, ALA opens up …

Existing lists of ancient-forest species–taken to indicate stands with no record of agricultural
use–in general relate to the deciduous and mixed forests of Europe (ie the European …

Reconstructing (pre‐) historic land use distribution is essential for understanding past
human societies and their impacts on the environment. Various land use forms result in …

Remote sensing data capture ecologically important information that can be used to
characterize, model and predict bird habitat. This study implements fusion techniques using …

Land use fragmentation and connectivity influence the interactions between people, flora
and fauna in mountain landscapes located in heavily anthropized areas, such as Europe …