Assessing changes in ecosystem service values over 1985–2050 in response to land use and land cover dynamics in Abaya-Chamo Basin, Southern Ethiopia

A Woldeyohannes, M Cotter, WD Biru, G Kelboro - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study evaluated the effect of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) dynamics on the value
of ecosystem services in Abaya-Chamo basin over 1985–2050. The main objectives of the …

Assessing and modeling the impact of land use and changes in land cover related to carbon storage in a western basin in Mexico

R Hernández-Guzmán, A Ruiz-Luna… - … Applications: Society and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we analyzed the land use and land cover (LULC) change in a hydrologic basin
in the western coast of central Mexico and its regional variation in carbon storage. Three …

Neighbor danger: Yellow fever virus epizootics in urban and urban-rural transition areas of Minas Gerais state, during 2017-2018 yellow fever outbreaks in Brazil

L Sacchetto, NIO Silva, IM Rezende… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background From the end of 2016 until the beginning of 2019, Brazil faced a massive
sylvatic yellow fever (YF) outbreak. The 2016–2019 YF epidemics affected densely …

Deforestation and secondary growth in Costa Rica along the path of development

K Stan, A Sanchez-Azofeifa - Regional Environmental Change, 2019 - Springer
Over the past 50 years, Costa Rica has experienced extensive landscape changes. It is,
therefore, important to understand the historical changes that have occurred and how the …

Land use policies and deforestation in Brazilian tropical dry forests between 2000 and 2015

MGV Dupin, MM Espírito-Santo, ME Leite… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Tropical Dry Forests (TDFs) have been broadly converted into pastures and crops,
with direct consequences to biodiversity, ecosystem services, and social welfare. Such land …

How integrated ecological-economic modelling can inform landscape pattern in forest agroecosystems

C Paul, E Reith, J Salecker, T Knoke - Current Landscape Ecology …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to analyse recent advances in
ecological-economic modelling designed to inform desirable landscape composition and …

Preliminary experimental data on surface runoff and soil loss in the Caatinga

IO Borges Neto, RA Xavier, BI de Souza… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐arid regions are naturally sensitive to soil erosion due to sparse vegetation cover and
concentrated rainfall regime. Absence of conservative practices increases soil loss and …

Effects of deforestation over the Cerrado landscape: a study in the Bahia frontier

TO Assis, MIS Escada, S Amaral - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The losses in the Brazilian Cerrado raise the need to understand the border regions
between human activities and Cerrado remnants. This work aims to answer the questions …

The Edmonton-Calgary corridor: Simulating future land cover change under potential government intervention

KD Stan, A Sanchez-Azofeifa - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The region connecting Edmonton and Calgary, the two largest cities in Alberta, contains rich
agricultural land and is one of the most rapidly changing areas in the province. There is little …

Projecting cropping patterns around Poyang lake and prioritizing areas for policy intervention to promote rice: A cellular automata model

R Zhang, Q Tian, L Jiang, A Crooks, S Qi, R Yang - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Rural households' cropping choices are increasingly influenced by non-farm activities
across the developing world, raising serious concerns about food security locally and …