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Section Board for 'Land Systems and Global Change' (27)
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Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 211 Sondheim Hall, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Interests: global ecology; land use change; landscape ecology; anthropocene
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Interests: global ecology; land use change; landscape ecology; anthropocene
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Land: Anthropogenic Biomes
CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia
Interests: grassland; savanna; land cover and land use; remote sensing; ecosystem processes
Interests: grassland; savanna; land cover and land use; remote sensing; ecosystem processes
State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Interests: land-use change; land change modeling; spatial analysis; deep learning; climate change; sustainable development; big remote sensing data
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Interests: land-use change; land change modeling; spatial analysis; deep learning; climate change; sustainable development; big remote sensing data
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Sensors: LiDAR-Based Creation of Virtual Cities
Special Issue in Remote Sensing: Advances in Deep Learning Based 3D Scene Understanding from LiDAR
Special Issue in Remote Sensing: Advances in Deep Learning Based 3D Scene Understanding from LiDAR
Centre for Sustainability Management, Leuphana University, Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
Interests: sustainability science; , socio-ecological systems; systems thinking; ecosystem services; food system sustainability
Interests: sustainability science; , socio-ecological systems; systems thinking; ecosystem services; food system sustainability
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: land use; modeling; econometrics; conservation
Interests: land use; modeling; econometrics; conservation
Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Interests: arid zones ecology; conservation biodiversity; ecosystem functions and services; remote sensing; translational ecology
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Interests: arid zones ecology; conservation biodiversity; ecosystem functions and services; remote sensing; translational ecology
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School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: land change modeling; urban analytics
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Interests: land change modeling; urban analytics
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Land: New Approaches to Land Use/Land Cover Change Modeling
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610-1477, USA
Interests: land system science; vulnerability science; cultural and political ecology; urban social-ecological systems, agribiodiversity, food and farming systems; institutional dimensions of environmental change; landscape and conservation ecology
Interests: land system science; vulnerability science; cultural and political ecology; urban social-ecological systems, agribiodiversity, food and farming systems; institutional dimensions of environmental change; landscape and conservation ecology
School of Management, Universidad de los Andes, Calle 21 No. 1-20, Bogota 110311, Colombia
Interests: globalization; land-use change; commodity value chains; corporate social responsibility
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Interests: globalization; land-use change; commodity value chains; corporate social responsibility
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Land: Land Use and Global Value Chains
Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, 39231 Kalmar, Sweden
Interests: past land-use and land-cover change; past climate-land interactions; holocene; palaeoecology; globe; past anthropogenic land-cover change; land-use as climate forcing
Interests: past land-use and land-cover change; past climate-land interactions; holocene; palaeoecology; globe; past anthropogenic land-cover change; land-use as climate forcing
Dept of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: land surface phenology; ecological remote sensing; grasslands; croplands; urban areas; land cover/land use change
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Interests: land surface phenology; ecological remote sensing; grasslands; croplands; urban areas; land cover/land use change
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Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Faculty Geosciences, Utrecht University (UU), 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: carbon cycling; climate change; environmental history; modelling; land use and land use change; world history
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Interests: carbon cycling; climate change; environmental history; modelling; land use and land use change; world history
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Land: Anthropogenic Biomes
Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Farrah Hall 331A, Box 870322, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0322, USA
Interests: Land-use change; large-scale land acquisitions; legal and illicit supply networks; telecoupling; intersection of land use and livelihoods; food-energy-water nexus; indirect land-use change; land change modeling; agent-based modeling; spatial causal inference
Interests: Land-use change; large-scale land acquisitions; legal and illicit supply networks; telecoupling; intersection of land use and livelihoods; food-energy-water nexus; indirect land-use change; land change modeling; agent-based modeling; spatial causal inference
Section of Geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Interests: land systems science; land use transitions; tropical agriculture; climate change mitigation and adaptation; forest-agriculture frontiers; multi-functional landscapes; shifting cultivation; developing countries
Interests: land systems science; land use transitions; tropical agriculture; climate change mitigation and adaptation; forest-agriculture frontiers; multi-functional landscapes; shifting cultivation; developing countries
Department of Geography, King's College London, K7.48 Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Interests: agent-based modelling; landscape ecology; land use/cover change modelling; coupled human and natural systems
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Interests: agent-based modelling; landscape ecology; land use/cover change modelling; coupled human and natural systems
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Land: Agent-Based Modelling and Landscape Change
Department of Geography, University of Delaware; Newark, DE 19716, USA
Interests: impacts of climate variability and change on ecosystems; land-cover land-use change; remote sensing; GIS
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Interests: impacts of climate variability and change on ecosystems; land-cover land-use change; remote sensing; GIS
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Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: pyrogeography; remote sensing; burned area mapping; anthropogenic fire
Interests: pyrogeography; remote sensing; burned area mapping; anthropogenic fire
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, IN, USA
Interests: land change modeling; soundscape ecology; landscape ecology
Interests: land change modeling; soundscape ecology; landscape ecology
Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department for Computational Landscape Ecology, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Interests: climate change / global change and impacts on environment and ecosystem services; scenario development and -analysis; simulation of land-use dynamics; mapping and evaluation of (cultural) ecosystem services
Interests: climate change / global change and impacts on environment and ecosystem services; scenario development and -analysis; simulation of land-use dynamics; mapping and evaluation of (cultural) ecosystem services
Virginia Tech, Department of Geography, and College of Natural Resources, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: ecological biogeography; plant biogeography; mountain ecotones; geospatial technologies; biogeomorphology
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Interests: ecological biogeography; plant biogeography; mountain ecotones; geospatial technologies; biogeomorphology
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Land: Landscape Ecology of Alpine Environments
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University ofWaterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
Interests: coupled human–natural systems; land change science; unmanned aerial vehicles; carbon cycle; erosion; agent-based modelling; landscape ecology
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Interests: coupled human–natural systems; land change science; unmanned aerial vehicles; carbon cycle; erosion; agent-based modelling; landscape ecology
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Land: Land Change Modelling
Department of Agriculture, University of Napoli Federico II, 80055 Portici (Napoli), Italy
Interests: soil; pedology; applied pedology; geospatial decision; support systems
Interests: soil; pedology; applied pedology; geospatial decision; support systems
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Interests: landscape ecology; land systems; global change; biodiversity conservation; human-environment interactions
Interests: landscape ecology; land systems; global change; biodiversity conservation; human-environment interactions
Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA
Interests: landscape ecology; ecological modeling; geospatial analysis
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Interests: landscape ecology; ecological modeling; geospatial analysis
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Department for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: global land use and land cover change; food security; sustainable development; remote sensing; GIS
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Interests: global land use and land cover change; food security; sustainable development; remote sensing; GIS
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Remote Sensing: Advances in Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation
Special Issue in Remote Sensing: Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration in Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Special Issue in Land: Advances in Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation
Special Issue in Land: Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration in Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Special Issue in Remote Sensing: Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration in Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Special Issue in Land: Advances in Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation
Special Issue in Land: Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration in Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, The University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, St. SEC Suite 566, USA
Interests: remote sensing; phenology; land cover and land use change; urban
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Interests: remote sensing; phenology; land cover and land use change; urban
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Sensors: Remote Sensing Image Processing and Analysis
1. University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), International Programme Office, Global Land Programme (GLP), Mittlestrasse 43 , 3012 Bern, Switzerland
2. Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, 2181 Samuel J. LeFrak Hall, 7251 Preinkert Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: land system science; land tenure, land use, and resource rights; large-scale land acquisitions; telecoupling; land governance; political ecology; knowledge co-production
2. Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, 2181 Samuel J. LeFrak Hall, 7251 Preinkert Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: land system science; land tenure, land use, and resource rights; large-scale land acquisitions; telecoupling; land governance; political ecology; knowledge co-production
