Is there a forest transition outside forests? Trajectories of farm trees and effects on ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape in Eastern Germany

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-243

  Plieninger, Tobias ^a,b   Schleyer, Christian ^a   Mantel, Martin ^b   Hostert, Patrick ^b  

^a Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Driving forces; GIS; Land use transitions; Landscape ecology; Trees outside forests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

GERMANY;

EID: 80051565551     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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