Land is a natural resource that humans have utilized for life and various activities. Land
use/land cover change (LULCC) has been of great concern to many countries over the …

Environmental and socio-economic developments induce land-use changes with potentially
negative impacts on human well-being. To counteract undesired developments, a profound …

Land‐use change is considered the greatest threat to nature, having caused worldwide
declines in the abundance, diversity, and health of species and ecosystems. Despite …

Understanding how urban forests developed their current patterns of tree canopy cover,
species composition, and diversity requires an appreciation of historical legacy effects …

Increasing global pressure on natural resources requires that decision makers and land
managers adopt sustainable solutions to ensure the long-term provision of essential …

Global ecology–the study of the interactions among the Earth's ecosystems, land,
atmosphere and oceans–depends crucially on global observations: this paper focuses on …

This paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority
research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing, literature reviews …

Currently, the temperate forest biome cools the earth's climate and dampens anthropogenic
climate change. However, climate change will substantially alter forest dynamics in the …

Wetlands are among the natural ecosystems with the highest soil carbon stocks on Earth.
However, how anthropogenic disturbances have impacted the quantity and distribution of …

Land system science and affiliated research linked to sustainability require improved
understanding and theorization of land and its change as a social-ecological system (SES) …