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Volume 5, issue 4, 2016

Introduction: The Continued Importance of Smallholders Today pp. 1-12

Jacqueline M. Vadjunec, Claudia Radel and B. L. Turner

Evidence for Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Landscapes pp. 1-12

Nigel Dudley, Adrian Phillips, Thora Amend, Jessica Brown and Sue Stolton

Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Bale Mountain Eco-Region of Ethiopia during 1985 to 2015 pp. 1-22

Sisay Nune Hailemariam, Teshome Soromessa and Demel Teketay

The Community-Conservation Conundrum: Is Citizen Science the Answer? pp. 1-16

Mel Galbraith, Barbara Bollard-Breen and David R. Towns

Prediction of Land Use Change in Long Island Sound Watersheds Using Nighttime Light Data pp. 1-16

Ruiting Zhai, Chuanrong Zhang, Weidong Li, Mark A. Boyer and Dean Hanink

Large-Scale Mapping of Tree-Community Composition as a Surrogate of Forest Degradation in Bornean Tropical Rain Forests pp. 1-16

Shogoro Fujiki, Ryota Aoyagi, Atsushi Tanaka, Nobuo Imai, Arif Data Kusma, Yuyun Kurniawan, Ying Fah Lee, John Baptist Sugau, Joan T. Pereira, Hiromitsu Samejima and Kanehiro Kitayama

The Effect of Landscape Composition on the Abundance of Laodelphax striatellus Fallén in Fragmented Agricultural Landscapes pp. 1-13

Zhanyu Liu, Jiquan Chen, Jiaguo Qi, Ranjeet John, Jiaan Cheng and Zengrong Zhu

Mapping Tropical Forest Biomass by Combining ALOS-2, Landsat 8, and Field Plots Data pp. 1-15

Luong Viet Nguyen, Ryutaro Tateishi, Akihiko Kondoh, Ram C. Sharma, Hoan Thanh Nguyen, Tu Trong To and Dinh Ho Tong Minh

Drivers of Households’ Land-Use Decisions: A Critical Review of Micro-Level Studies in Tropical Regions pp. 1-32

Elisabeth Hettig, Jann Lay and Kacana Sipangule

Short-Term Projects versus Adaptive Governance: Conflicting Demands in the Management of Ecological Restoration pp. 1-17

Ian Hodge and William M. Adams

Historical and Current Niche Construction in an Anthropogenic Biome: Old Cultural Landscapes in Southern Scandinavia pp. 1-17

Ove Eriksson

Terrestrial Species in Protected Areas and Community-Managed Lands in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India pp. 1-11

Nandini Velho, Rachakonda Sreekar and William F. Laurance

Greenhouse Gas Implications of Peri-Urban Land Use Change in a Developed City under Four Future Climate Scenarios pp. 1-23

Alison Rothwell, Brad Ridoutt and William Bellotti

Addressing the Externalities from Genetically Modified Pollen Drift on a Heterogeneous Landscape pp. 1-18

Mattia C. Mancini, Kent Kovacs, Eric Wailes and Jennie Popp

Integration of ALOS PALSAR and Landsat Data for Land Cover and Forest Mapping in Northern Tanzania pp. 1-19

Dorothea Deus

Accounting for the Drivers that Degrade and Restore Landscape Functions in Australia pp. 1-20

Richard Thackway and David Freudenberger

Volume 5, issue 3, 2016

Patterns and Predictors of Recent Forest Conversion in New England pp. 1-17

Alexandra M. Thorn, Jonathan R. Thompson and Joshua S. Plisinski

Nitrogen Pollution and the Meltdown of Urban Ecosystems pp. 1-8

Brenton Ladd

Smallholders, Agrarian Reform, and Globalization in the Brazilian Amazon: Cattle versus the Environment pp. 1-15

Ritaumaria Pereira, Cynthia S. Simmons and Robert Walker

Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An Assessment Based on Participatory Methods pp. 1-23

Daniel Etongo, Ida Nadia S. Djenontin and Markku Kanninen

Landscape-Scale Disturbance: Insights into the Complexity of Catchment Hydrology in the Mountaintop Removal Mining Region of the Eastern United States pp. 1-23

Andrew J. Miller and Nicolas Zégre

Urban Agriculture Oriented towards Self-Supply, Social and Commercial Purpose: A Typology pp. 1-19

Thomas Krikser, Annette Piorr, Regine Berges and Ina Opitz

How Are Feedbacks Represented in Land Models? pp. 1-20

Yang Chen, Martha M. Bakker, Arend Ligtenberg and Arnold K. Bregt

Enhancement of Linear Agricultural Areas to Provide Invertebrates as Potential Food for Breeding Birds pp. 1-12

Tracy R. Evans, Meredith J. Mahoney, Everett D. Cashatt, Geert De Snoo and C.J.M. Musters

Agriculture on the Brink: Climate Change, Labor and Smallholder Farming in Botswana pp. 1-14

William G. Moseley

The Influence of Forest Management Regimes on Deforestation in a Central Indian Dry Deciduous Forest Landscape pp. 1-16

Shivani Agarwal, Harini Nagendra and Rucha Ghate

The Quiet Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Malawi pp. 1-22

Ward Anseeuw, Thomas Jayne, Richard Kachule and John Kotsopoulos

Analysis and Prediction of Land Use Changes Related to Invasive Species and Major Driving Forces in the State of Connecticut pp. 1-22

Wenjie Wang, Chuanrong Zhang, Jenica M. Allen, Weidong Li, Mark A. Boyer, Kathleen Segerson and John A. Silander

Volume 5, issue 2, 2016

Using Remote Sensing and Random Forest to Assess the Conservation Status of Critical Cerrado Habitats in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil pp. 1-12

Jason Reynolds, Kathryn Wesson, Arnaud L. J. Desbiez, Jose M. Ochoa-Quintero and Peter Leimgruber

Ecosystem Service Changes and Livelihood Impacts in the Maguri-Motapung Wetlands of Assam, India pp. 1-14

Laxmi D. Bhatta, Sunita Chaudhary, Anju Pandit, Himlal Baral, Partha J. Das and Nigel E. Stork

Fluid Waters and Rigid Livelihoods in the Okavango Delta of Botswana pp. 1-14

Brian King, Jamie E. Shinn, Kelley A. Crews and Kenneth R. Young

Land Sector Reforms in Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis of Their Effectiveness pp. 1-17

Peter Narh, Cosmas Kombat Lambini, Matthew Sabbi, Pham Van Dien and Trung Thanh Nguyen

Toward the Integrated Framework Analysis of Linkages among Agrobiodiversity, Livelihood Diversification, Ecological Systems, and Sustainability amid Global Change pp. 1-28

Karl S. Zimmerer and Steven J. Vanek

Sustainability of Land Groups in Papua New Guinea pp. 1-23

Lepani Karigawa, Jacob Adejare Babarinde and Suman Steven Holis

Historical Changes of Land Tenure and Land Use Rights in a Local Community: A Case Study in Lao PDR pp. 1-20

Saykham Boutthavong, Kimihiko Hyakumura, Makoto Ehara and Takahiro Fujiwara

Typologies and Spatialization of Agricultural Production Systems in Rondônia, Brazil: Linking Land Use, Socioeconomics and Territorial Configuration pp. 1-20

Cláudio Almeida, Moisés Mourão, Nadine Dessay, Anne-Elisabeth Lacques, Antônio Monteiro, Laurent Durieux, Adriano Venturieri and Frédérique Seyler

Regional Patterns of Ecosystem Services in Cultural Landscapes pp. 1-19

Andrea Früh-Müller, Stefan Hotes, Lutz Breuer, Volkmar Wolters and Thomas Koellner

Property Arrangements and Soy Governance in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso: Implications for Deforestation-Free Production pp. 1-16

Lisa L. Rausch and Holly K. Gibbs

Comparative Approaches for Innovation in Agent-Based Modelling of Landscape Change pp. 1-4

James D. A. Millington and John Wainwright

Agro(Eco)System Services—Supply and Demand from Fields to Society pp. 1-4

Benjamin Burkhard, Stefan Hotes and Hubert Wiggering

Volume 5, issue 1, 2016

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Land in 2015 pp. 1-2

Land Editorial Office

Simulating Littoral Trade: Modeling the Trade of Wine in the Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Southern France pp. 1-20

Stefani A. Crabtree

Anthropogenic Influences in Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Mediterranean Forest Landscapes in Sicily pp. 1-13

Donato S. La Mela Veca, Sebastiano Cullotta, Sebastiano Sferlazza and Federico G. Maetzke

Do Smallholder, Mixed Crop-Livestock Livelihoods Encourage Sustainable Agricultural Practices? A Meta-Analysis pp. 1-13

Thomas K. Rudel, Oh-Jung Kwon, Birthe K. Paul, Maryline Boval, Idupulapati M. Rao, Diana Burbano, Megan McGroddy, Amy M. Lerner, Douglas White, Mario Cuchillo, Manuel Luna and Michael Peters

Assessing and Governing Ecosystem Services Trade-Offs in Agrarian Landscapes: The Case of Biogas pp. 1-17

Christian Albert, Johannes Hermes, Felix Neuendorf, Christina Von Haaren and Michael Rode

Evaluating the Potential of the Original Texas Land Survey for Mapping Historical Land and Vegetation Cover pp. 1-14

Indumathi Srinath and Andrew C. Millington

Volume 4, issue 4, 2015

“Nothing Is Like It Was Before”: The Dynamics between Land-Use and Land-Cover, and Livelihood Strategies in the Northern Vietnam Borderlands pp. 1-30

Sarah Turner and Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham

Changing Livelihoods and Landscapes in the Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: Past Influences and Future Trajectories pp. 1-30

Sheona Shackleton and Martin Luckert

Growing City and Rapid Land Use Transition: Assessing Multiple Hazards and Risks in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal pp. 1-22

Bhagawat Rimal, Himlal Baral, Nigel E. Stork, Kiran Paudyal and Sushila Rijal

Simulation vs. Definition: Differing Approaches to Setting Probabilities for Agent Behaviour pp. 1-24

Fraser J. Morgan, Philip Brown and Adam Daigneault

Why Don’t More Farmers Go Organic? Using A Stakeholder-Informed Exploratory Agent-Based Model to Represent the Dynamics of Farming Practices in the Philippines pp. 1-24

Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Ryan Qi Wang and Arika Ligmann-Zielinska

The Role of Citizen Science in Landscape and Seascape Approaches to Integrating Conservation and Development pp. 1-13

Jeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules, Iris Bohnet, Agni Boedhihartono, Ray Pierce, Allan Dale and Kate Andrews

Investigating Impacts of Alternative Crop Market Scenarios on Land Use Change with an Agent-Based Model pp. 1-28

Deng Ding, David Bennett and Silvia Secchi

One Shared Region and Two Different Change Patterns: Land Use Change in the Binational Californian Mediterranean Region pp. 1-17

Ricardo Eaton-Gonzalez and Eric Mellink

Entity-Based Landscape Modelling to Assess the Impacts of Different Incentives Mechanisms on Argan Forest Dynamics pp. 1-27

Farid El Wahidi, Julien Radoux, Quentin Ponette and Pierre Defourny

Forest Transition in Madagascar’s Highlands: Initial Evidence and Implications pp. 1-27

William J. McConnell, Andrés Viña, Christian Kull and Clayton Batko

Spatial Distribution of Estimated Wind-Power Royalties in West Texas pp. 1-18

Christian Brannstrom, Mary Tilton, Andrew Klein and Wendy Jepson

Patterns of Wastewater Infrastructure along a Gradient of Coastal Urbanization: A Study of the Puget Sound Region pp. 1-20

Daniele Spirandelli

Built-up Area Change Analysis in Hanoi Using Support Vector Machine Classification of Landsat Multi-Temporal Image Stacks and Population Data pp. 1-19

Duong H. Nong, Jefferson Fox, Tomoaki Miura and Sumeet Saksena

Using an Agroecosystem Services Approach to Assess Tillage Methods: A Case Study in the Shikma Region pp. 1-19

Hila Sagie and Uri Ramon

Volume 4, issue 3, 2015

Assessment of Above-Ground Biomass of Borneo Forests through a New Data-Fusion Approach Combining Two Pan-Tropical Biomass Maps pp. 1-14

Andreas Langner, Frédéric Achard, Christelle Vancutsem, Jean-Francois Pekel, Dario Simonetti, Giacomo Grassi, Kanehiro Kitayama and Mikiyasu Nakayama

Model-Based Synthesis of Locally Contingent Responses to Global Market Signals pp. 1-35

Nicholas R. Magliocca

Modelling the Potential of Integrated Vegetation Bands (IVB) to Retain Stormwater Runoff on Steep Hillslopes of Southeast Queensland, Australia pp. 1-26

Justin G. Ryan, Clive A. McAlpine, John A. Ludwig and John N. Callow

Disentangling Values in the Interrelations between Cultural Ecosystem Services and Landscape Conservation—A Case Study of the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines pp. 1-26

Bianca Tilliger, Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos, Jesus Victor Bustamante and Josef Settele

Land Change Regimes and the Evolution of the Maize-Cattle Complex in Neoliberal Mexico pp. 1-24

Yankuic Galvan-Miyoshi, Robert Walker and Barney Warf

Ecological Recycling Agriculture to Enhance Agro-Ecosystem Services in the Baltic Sea Region: Guidelines for Implementation pp. 1-17

Karin Stein-Bachinger, Moritz Reckling, Johann Bachinger, Johannes Hufnagel, Wijnand Koker and Artur Granstedt

How to Make a Barranco: Modeling Erosion and Land-Use in Mediterranean Landscapes pp. 1-29

C. Michael Barton, Isaac Ullah and Arjun Heimsath

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Vegetation Dynamics in Relation to Shifting Inundation and Fire Regimes: Disentangling Environmental Variability from Land Management Decisions in a Southern African Transboundary Watershed pp. 1-29

Narcisa G. Pricope, Andrea E. Gaughan, John D. All, Michael W. Binford and Lucas P. Rutina

Stakeholder Strategies for Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Scenarios: Analytical Framework and Identifying Land Use Claims pp. 1-29

Till Hermanns, Katharina Helming, Katharina Schmidt, Hannes Jochen König and Heiko Faust

Exploring Long-Term Impact of Grazing Management on Land Degradation in the Socio-Ecological System of Asteroussia Mountains, Greece pp. 1-19

Costas Kosmas, Vassilis Detsis, Mina Karamesouti, Kate Kounalaki, Penny Vassiliou and Luca Salvati

The Anatomy of Medium-Scale Farm Growth in Zambia: What Are the Implications for the Future of Smallholder Agriculture? pp. 1-19

Nicholas Sitko and Jordan Chamberlin

An Approach for Simulating Soil Loss from an Agro-Ecosystem Using Multi-Agent Simulation: A Case Study for Semi-Arid Ghana pp. 1-20

Biola K. Badmos, Sampson K. Agodzo, Grace B. Villamor and Samuel N. Odai

Transitions in Land Use Architecture under Multiple Human Driving Forces in a Semi-Arid Zone pp. 1-18

Issa Ouedraogo, Cheikh Mbow, Michael Balinga and Henry Neufeldt

Modelling Deforestation and Land Cover Transitions of Tropical Peatlands in Sumatra, Indonesia Using Remote Sensed Land Cover Data Sets pp. 1-18

Ian Elz, Kevin Tansey, Susan E. Page and Mandar Trivedi

Livestock and Ecosystem Services: An Exploratory Approach to Assess Agri-Environment-Climate Payments of RDP in Trentino pp. 1-23

Alessandra La Notte, Sonia Marongiu, Mauro Masiero, Pietro Molfetta, Riccardo Molignoni and Luca Cesaro

Institutional Synergies in Customary Land Markets—Selected Case Studies of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) in Ghana pp. 1-27

Elias Danyi Kuusaana and Nicolas Gerber

Volume 4, issue 2, 2015

Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production (HANPP) in an Agriculturally-Dominated Watershed, Southeastern USA pp. 1-28

C. Brannon Andersen, R. Kyle Donovan and John E. Quinn

Revealing Regional Deforestation Dynamics in North-Eastern Madagascar—Insights from Multi-Temporal Land Cover Change Analysis pp. 1-21

Julie G. Zaehringer, Sandra Eckert and Peter Messerli

“ Bring Back the Land ”—A Call to Refocus on the Spatial Dimension of Zimbabwe’s Land Reform pp. 1-23

Konrad Hentze and Gunter Menz

Assessing Site Availability of Aspen and Northern Hardwoods for Potential Feedstock Development in Michigan: A Case Study pp. 1-23

Sara Alian and Ann Maclean

Agent-Based Models as “Interested Amateurs” pp. 1-19

Peter George Johnson

Monitoring 60 Years of Land Cover Change in the Marathon Area, Greece pp. 1-18

Apostolos Gaitanis, Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos, Vassilis Detsis and Christos Chalkias

How Land Concessions Affect Places Elsewhere: Telecoupling, Political Ecology, and Large-Scale Plantations in Southern Laos and Northeastern Cambodia pp. 1-18

Ian G. Baird and Jefferson Fox

Landcover Change, Land Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo and Topography in the Plateau Region of North-Central Nigeria pp. 1-25

Shakirudeen Odunuga and Gbolahan Badru

Translocation of Cd and Mn from Bark to Leaves in Willows on Contaminated Sediments: Delayed Budburst Is Related to High Mn Concentrations pp. 1-26

Bart Vandecasteele, Paul Quataert, Frederic Piesschaert, Suzanna Lettens, Bruno De Vos and Gijs Du Laing

Landscape Epidemiology Modeling Using an Agent-Based Model and a Geographic Information System pp. 1-35

S. M. Niaz Arifin, Rumana Reaz Arifin, Dilkushi De Alwis Pitts, M. Sohel Rahman, Sara Nowreen, Gregory R. Madey and Frank H. Collins

Building Bridges across Sectors and Scales: Exploring Systemic Solutions towards A Sustainable Management of Land —Experiences from 4th Year Status Conference on Research for Sustainable Land Management pp. 1-12

Annegret Repp and Thomas Weith

Sensitivity Analysis of a Land-Use Change Model with and without Agents to Assess Land Abandonment and Long-Term Re-Forestation in a Swiss Mountain Region pp. 1-38

Julia Maria Brändle, Gaby Langendijk, Simon Peter, Sibyl Hanna Brunner and Robert Huber

Volume 4, issue 1, 2015

Carbon Cycling, Climate Regulation, and Disturbances in Canadian Forests: Scientific Principles for Management pp. 1-36

Jean-Sébastien Landry and Navin Ramankutty

Examining Social Adaptations in a Volatile Landscape in Northern Mongolia via the Agent-Based Model Ger Grouper pp. 1-25

Julia K. Clark and Stefani A. Crabtree

Mapping Vegetation Morphology Types in Southern Africa Savanna Using MODIS Time-Series Metrics: A Case Study of Central Kalahari, Botswana pp. 1-19

Niti B. Mishra, Kelley A. Crews, Jennifer A. Miller and Thoralf Meyer

Globalland30 Mapping Capacity of Land Surface Water in Thessaly, Greece pp. 1-18

Ioannis Manakos, Konstantinos Chatzopoulos-Vouzoglanis, Zisis I. Petrou, Lachezar Filchev and Antonis Apostolakis

Soil and Water Conservation Strategies in Cape Verde (Cabo Verde in Portuguese) and Their Impacts on Livelihoods: An Overview from the Ribeira Seca Watershed pp. 1-23

Isaurinda Baptista, Luuk Fleskens, Coen Ritsema, António Querido, Jacques Tavares, António D. Ferreira, Eduardo A. Reis, Samuel Gomes and Anabela Varela

Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Wetlands Mitigation in the United States pp. 1-15

Naveen Adusumilli

Detection of Shoreline and Land Cover Changes around Rosetta Promontory, Egypt, Based on Remote Sensing Analysis pp. 1-15

Ali Masria, Kazuo Nadaoka, Abdelazim Negm and Moheb Iskander

How Can Social Safeguards of REDD+ Function Effectively Conserve Forests and Improve Local Livelihoods? A Case from Meru Betiri National Park, East Java, Indonesia pp. 1-21

Kazuhiro Harada, Dede Prabowo, Arif Aliadi, Jun Ichihara and Hwan-Ok Ma

Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections pp. 1-17

Butsic Van, Maggi Kelly and Max A. Moritz

High-Precision Land-Cover-Land-Use GIS Mapping and Land Availability and Suitability Analysis for Grass Biomass Production in the Aroostook River Valley, Maine, USA pp. 1-24

Chunzeng Wang, Jason Johnston, David Vail, Jared Dickinson and David Putnam

Integrating Forest Cover Change with Census Data: Drivers and Contexts from Bolivia and the Lao PDR pp. 1-38

Sébastien Boillat, Hy Dao, Patrick Bottazzi, Yuri Sandoval, Abraham Luna, Sithong Thongmanivong, Louca Lerch, Joan Bastide, Andreas Heinimann and Frédéric Giraut

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Land in 2014 pp. 1-3

Land Editorial Office