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Long‐Term Human Land‐Use Change Throughout Southeast Asia Reshapes the Distribution of Suitable Habitat for a Human‐Commensal Bird Species by Ramirez, Brenda R., Kass, Jamie M., Zellmer, Amanda J., Hund, Amanda K., Scordato, Elizabeth S. C.

“…ABSTRACT Aim Human activity has reshaped ecological communities for thousands of years. While these activities have typically led to habitat loss, some species…”
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Land‐use change and biodiversity: Challenges for assembling evidence on the greatest threat to nature by Davison, Charles W., Rahbek, Carsten, Morueta‐Holme, Naia

“…Land‐use change is considered the greatest threat to nature, having caused worldwide declines in the abundance, diversity, and health of species and…”
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Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem services and functions by Prangel, Elisabeth, Kasari‐Toussaint, Liis, Neuenkamp, Lena, Noreika, Norbertas, Karise, Reet, Marja, Riho, Ingerpuu, Nele, Kupper, Tiiu, Keerberg, Liis, Oja, Ede, Meriste, Mart, Tiitsaar, Anu, Ivask, Mari, Helm, Aveliina

“…During the past century, semi‐natural grasslands, once widespread throughout Europe, have largely been converted into intensively managed agricultural areas,…”
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Reviewing the Impact of Land Use and Land‐Use Change on Moisture Recycling and Precipitation Patterns by te Wierik, Sofie A., Cammeraat, Erik L. H., Gupta, Joyeeta, Artzy‐Randrup, Yael A.

“…Green water, or plant‐available soil moisture, is a substantial subset of terrestrial fresh water. Land‐use change (LUC) alters green water dynamics through…”
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Land-use change affects water recycling in Brazil's last agricultural frontier by Spera, Stephanie A., Galford, Gillian L., Coe, Michael T., Macedo, Marcia N., Mustard, John F.

“…Historically, conservation‐oriented research and policy in Brazil have focused on Amazon deforestation, but a majority of Brazil's deforestation and…”
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Global change pressures on soils from land use and management by Smith, Pete, House, Joanna I., Bustamante, Mercedes, Sobocká, Jaroslava, Harper, Richard, Pan, Genxing, West, Paul C., Clark, Joanna M., Adhya, Tapan, Rumpel, Cornelia, Paustian, Keith, Kuikman, Peter, Cotrufo, M. Francesca, Elliott, Jane A., McDowell, Richard, Griffiths, Robert I., Asakawa, Susumu, Bondeau, Alberte, Jain, Atul K., Meersmans, Jeroen, Pugh, Thomas A. M.

“…Soils are subject to varying degrees of direct or indirect human disturbance, constituting a major global change driver. Factoring out natural from direct and…”
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Emerging zoonotic diseases originating in mammals: a systematic review of effects of anthropogenic land‐use change by White, Rebekah J., Razgour, Orly

“…Zoonotic pathogens and parasites that are transmitted from vertebrates to humans are a major public health risk with high associated global economic costs. The…”
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Carbon emissions from agricultural expansion and intensification in the Chaco by Baumann, Matthias, Gasparri, Ignacio, Piquer‐Rodríguez, María, Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio, Griffiths, Patrick, Hostert, Patrick, Kuemmerle, Tobias

“…Carbon emissions from land‐use changes in tropical dry forest systems are poorly understood, although they are likely globally significant. The South American…”
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Impacts of global change on species distributions: obstacles and solutions to integrate climate and land use by Sirami, Clélia, Caplat, Paul, Popy, Simon, Clamens, Alex, Arlettaz, Raphaël, Jiguet, Frédéric, Brotons, Lluís, Martin, Jean-Louis

“…Aim: The impact of multiple Stressors on biodiversity is one of the most pressing questions in ecology and biodiversity conservation. Here we critically assess…”
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Synergistic effects of climate and land‐use change influence broad‐scale avian population declines by Northrup, Joseph M., Rivers, James W., Yang, Zhiqiang, Betts, Matthew G.

“…Climate and land‐use changes are expected to be the primary drivers of future global biodiversity loss. Although theory suggests that these factors impact…”
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Impact of tropical land-use change on soil organic carbon stocks - a meta-analysis by DON, AXEL, SCHUMACHER, JENS, FREIBAUER, ANNETTE

“…Land-use changes are the second largest source of human-induced greenhouse gas emission, mainly due to deforestation in the tropics and subtropics. CO₂…”
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Agricultural peatland restoration: effects of land‐use change on greenhouse gas (CO2 and CH4) fluxes in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta by Knox, Sara Helen, Sturtevant, Cove, Matthes, Jaclyn Hatala, Koteen, Laurie, Verfaillie, Joseph, Baldocchi, Dennis

“…Agricultural drainage of organic soils has resulted in vast soil subsidence and contributed to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations. The…”
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Temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon after land-use change in the temperate zone - carbon response functions as a model approach by POEPLAU, CHRISTOPHER, DON, AXEL, VESTERDAL, LARS, LEIFELD, JENS, VAN WESEMAEL, BAS, SCHUMACHER, JENS, GENSIOR, ANDREAS

“…Land-use change (LUC) is a major driving factor for the balance of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and the global carbon cycle. The temporal dynamic of SOC…”
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Spatial-temporal pattern of land use conflict in China and its multilevel driving mechanisms by Jiang, Song, Meng, Jijun, Zhu, Likai, Cheng, Haoran

“…Land use conflict describes the incoordination of land use structure when meeting the diverse human demands under the deterioration of natural environment,…”
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Projecting impacts of global climate and land‐use scenarios on plant biodiversity using compositional‐turnover modelling by Di Marco, Moreno, Harwood, Tom D., Hoskins, Andrew J., Ware, Chris, Hill, Samantha L. L., Ferrier, Simon

“…Nations have committed to ambitious conservation targets in response to accelerating rates of global biodiversity loss. Anticipating future impacts is…”
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Local climatic changes affect biodiversity responses to land use: A review by Williams, Jessica J., Newbold, Tim

“…Aim Climate and land‐use change, the greatest pressures on biodiversity, can directly influence each other. One key case is the impact land‐use change has on…”
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Biodiversity models need to represent land‐use intensity more comprehensively by Dullinger, Iwona, Essl, Franz, Moser, Dietmar, Erb, Karlheinz, Haberl, Helmut, Dullinger, Stefan, Meyer, Carsten

“…Background Land use is the major driver of the current biodiversity crisis. However, its impact is not yet adequately reflected in biodiversity scenarios. In…”
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A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changes by Cordier, Javier M., Aguilar, Ramiro, Lescano, Julián N., Leynaud, Gerardo C., Bonino, Andrea, Miloch, Daniela, Loyola, Rafael, Nori, Javier

“…Human land-use changes represent the most important drivers of biodiversity loss, and amphibians and reptiles represent the most threatened groups of…”
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Changing plant species composition and richness benefit soil carbon sequestration under climate warming by Yan, Yingjie, Niu, Shuli, He, Yicheng, Wang, Song, Song, Lei, Peng, Jinlong, Chen, Xinli, Quan, Quan, Meng, Cheng, Zhou, Qingping, Wang, Jinsong

“…Anthropogenic warming and land‐use change are expected to accelerate global soil organic carbon (SOC) losses and change plant species composition and richness…”
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Large and active CO2 uptake by coupled carbonate weathering by Liu, Zaihua, Macpherson, G.L., Groves, Chris, Martin, Jonathan B., Yuan, Daoxian, Zeng, Sibo

“…Carbonate mineral weathering coupled with aquatic photosynthesis on the continents, herein termed coupled carbonate weathering (CCW), represents a current…”
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