Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Alcantara, Camilo ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b   Baumann, Matthias ^c   Bragina, Eugenia V ^c,d   Griffiths, Patrick ^b   Hostert, Patrick ^b   Knorn, Jan ^b   Müller, Daniel ^b,e   Prishchepov, Alexander V ^e   Schierhorn, Florian ^e   Sieber, Anika ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

agricultural abandonment; Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; fallow land; land use change; recultivation; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES;

AGRICULTURAL ABANDONMENTS; AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; BIOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS; CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; LAND-USE CHANGE; RECULTIVATION; SOVIET UNION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE CLASSIFICATION;

FARMS;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FALLOW; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; OLD FIELD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84885462274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035035     Document Type: Article

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