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Regional variability of volcanic ash soils in south Ecuador: the relation with parent material, climate and land use
(2007)
The high Andes region of south Ecuador is characterised by intense land use changes. These changes affect particularly the páramo, which is a collection of high altitudinal grassland ecosystems. In this region, the interaction ...
Cellular automata-based spatial dynamic modeling for analyzing urban land use change
(2013-08-15)
This paper analyzes land use change in Rio Claro City and its surroundings, located in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, in the period from 1988 to 1995, using air-borne digital imagery and a cellular automata model. ...
Land Changes Fostering Atlantic Forest Transition In Brazil: Evidence From The Paraiba Valley
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LtdAbingdon, 2017)
Human-natural system sustainability in Buenos Aires province, Argentina
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012-12)
The Argentinean Pampean plain has been under agriculture and farming since colonial times. Its loessic soils have the highest production capacity in Argentina, in spite of which it is suffering extensive land use change ...
Sixty years of land-use and land-cover change dynamics in a global biodiversity hotspot under threat from global change
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021)
Constitucion County in Chile shows one of the highest landscape transformations in the world due to the expansion of forest plantations. This work describes the land use/cover dynamics over a long period extending over 60 ...
Effects of land-use changes on climate in southern South America
(Inter-Research, 2012-11)
In the last decades, the agricultural areas over La Plata Basin and the Argentinean Pampas have been extended deforestation. With the aim of understanding the potential impacts of land-use changes over the South American ...
Drivers of agricultural land - use change in the Argentine Pampas and Chaco regions
(2018-02)
Agricultural expansion and intensification in South America's dry forests and grasslands increase agricultural production, but also result in major environmental trade-offs. The Pampas and Chaco regions of Argentina have ...
The coupling of South American soybean and cattle production frontiers: new challenges for conservation policy and land change science
(Wiley, 2014-08)
Different drivers and places of land use change in South America have often been studied in isolation. Evidence suggests, however, that in many instances, both places and drivers are becoming increasingly interconnected. ...