Forest and agricultural land change in the Carpathian region—A meta-analysis of long-term patterns and drivers of change

•Long-term assessment of 250 years of agricultural and forest cover change.•Meta-analysis of 66 publications describing 102 locations across the Carpathians.•Agricultural expansion before World War I, decrease after the collapse of Socialism.•Forest transition during the Interwar period, rapid fores...

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Published in:	Land use policy Vol. 38; pp. 685 - 697
Main Authors:	Munteanu, Catalina, Kuemmerle, Tobias, Boltiziar, Martin, Butsic, Van, Gimmi, Urs, Lúboš Halada, Kaim, Dominik, Király, Géza, Konkoly-Gyuró, Éva, Kozak, Jacek, Lieskovský, Juraj, Mojses, Matej, Müller, Daniel, Ostafin, Krzystof, Ostapowicz, Katarzyna, Shandra, Oleksandra, Štych, Přemysl, Walker, Sarah, Radeloff, Volker C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	abandoned land Abandonment Agricultural expansion agricultural land Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Austro-Hungarian empire Biological and medical sciences Carpathian region case studies Central Europe Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Deforestation Demographics Drivers of land change Eastern Europe Eastern European region Economic development economic factors European Union Forestry forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology global change issues and policy Land land cover land use change Land use legacies Land utilization Location Long-term historical land use longitudinal studies meta-analysis Reforestation Socialism sociodemographic characteristics socioeconomics Urbanization War Eastern Europe Europe Carpathians Carpathian region Eastern European region Deforestation Drivers of land change Reforestation Land use legacies Agricultural expansion Abandonment Long-term historical land use Forests Environmental policy Farmland Afforestation Case history Long term Land use Metaanalysis Mountain Agriculture Expansion
ISSN:	0264-8377, 1873-5754
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