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21 May 2025
Land | Feature Papers from the First Half of 2024 (I)
We are delighted to present a list of papers published in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in the first half of 2024 that have received considerable attention.
1. “Assessing the Vulnerability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants to Climate and Land-Use Changes in a Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot”
by Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Maria Tsakiri, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Panayiotis Trigas, Gregoris Iatrou, Fotini N. Lamari, Dimitris Tzanoudakis, Eleni Koumoutsou, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Arne Strid et al.
Land 2024, 13(2), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/133
2. “Study of Regional Spatial and Temporal Changes of Net Ecosystem Productivity of Crops from Remotely Sensed Data”
by Peng Wang, Yong Xue, Zhigang Yan, Wenping Yin, Botao He and Pei Li
Land 2024, 13(2), 155; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020155
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/155
3. “Key Drivers of Land Use Changes in the Rural Area of Gargano (South Italy) and Their Implications for the Local Sustainable Development”
by Nazgul Esengulova, Pasquale Balena, Caterina De Lucia, Antonio Lopolito and Pasquale Pazienza
Land 2024, 13(2), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020166
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/166
4. “Integrating Landscape Character Assessment with Community Values in a Scenic Evaluation Methodology for Regional Landscape Planning”
by Ata Tara, Gillian Lawson, Wendy Davies, Alan Chenoweth and Georgina Pratten
Land 2024, 13(2), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020169
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/169
5. “Enhancing Sustainability and Yield in Maritime Pine Forests: Evaluating Silvicultural Models for Natural Regeneration”
by André Sandim, Maria Emília Silva, Paulo Fernandes and Teresa Fonseca
Land 2024, 13(2), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020170
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/170
6. “Soil Loss Estimation by Water Erosion in Agricultural Areas Introducing Artificial Intelligence Geospatial Layers into the RUSLE Model”
by Nikiforos Samarinas, Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis, Eleni Kalopesa and George C. Zalidis
Land 2024, 13(2), 174; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020174
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/174
7. “Scenario Analysis of Green Infrastructure to Adapt Medium-Size Cities to Climate Change: The Case of Zaragoza, Spain”
by Elie Hanna, María R. Felipe-Lucia and Francisco A. Comín
Land 2024, 13(3), 280; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030280
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/280
8. “Sample Size Optimization for Digital Soil Mapping: An Empirical Example”
by Daniel D. Saurette, Richard J. Heck, Adam W. Gillespie, Aaron A. Berg and Asim Biswas
Land 2024, 13(3), 365; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030365
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/365
9. “Potential Interactions between Climate Change and Land Use for Forest Issues in the Eastern United States”
by Brice B. Hanberry, Marc D. Abrams and Gregory J. Nowacki
Land 2024, 13(3), 398; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030398
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/398
10. “Exploring Sensitivity of Phenology to Seasonal Climate Differences in Temperate Grasslands of China Based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index”
by Xiaoshuai Wei, Mingze Xu, Hongxian Zhao, Xinyue Liu, Zifan Guo, Xinhao Li and Tianshan Zha
Land 2024, 13(3), 399; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030399
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/399
