Increasing demand for food and fibre by the growing human population is driving significant land use (LU) change from forest into intensively managed land systems in tropical areas. But empirical evidence on the extent to which such changes affect the soil-atmosphere exchange of trace gases is st...
Arias-Navarro, Cristina
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Zuazo, Pablo
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Quantifying the contribution of land use to N2O, NO and CO2 fluxes in a montane forest ecosystem of Kenya]
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Quantifying the contribution of land use to N2O, NO and CO2 fluxes in a montane forest ecosystem of Kenya
Remote sensing and GIS tools have broadly helped hydrogeologists to delineate the groundwater prospective zones for watershed development and management. The origin, movement and existence of groundwater depends on several factors such as slope, drainage density, land use, geology, lineament dens...
Rajaveni, S.P.
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Brindha, Karthikeyan
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Elango, L.
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[Geological and geomorphological controls on groundwater occurrence in a hard rock region]
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Geological and geomorphological controls on groundwater occurrence in a hard rock region
Interannual variation in rainfall throughout Tamil Nadu has been causing frequent and noticeable land use changes despite the rapid development in groundwater irrigation. Identifying periodically water-stressed areas is the first and crucial step to minimizing negative effects on crop production....
Gumma, Murali K.
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Kajisa, K.
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Mohammed, I.A.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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Nelson, A.
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Rala, A.
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Kuppannan, Palanisami
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[Temporal change in land use by irrigation source in Tamil Nadu and management implications]
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Temporal change in land use by irrigation source in Tamil Nadu and management implications
Increasing global CO2 emissions have profound consequences for plant biology, not least because of direct influences on carbon gain. However, much remains uncertain regarding how our major crops will respond to a future high CO2 world. Crop model inter-comparison studies have identified large unc...
Fodor, Nándor
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Droutsas, Ioannis
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Zabel, Florian
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Köhler, Ann-Kristin
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Foyer, Christine H.
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[Integrating Plant Science and Crop Modeling: Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Soybean and Maize Production]
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Integrating Plant Science and Crop Modeling: Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Soybean and Maize Production
As humanity's demand for resources continues to rise and productive arable lands become increasingly scarce, many of Earth's remaining intact regions are at heightened risk of destruction from agricultural development. In situations where agricultural expansion is inevitable, it is important to m...
Williams, Brooke A.
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Grantham, Hedley S.
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Watson, James E.M.
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Alvarez, Silvia J.
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Simmonds, Jeremy S.
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Rogéliz, Carlos A.
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Da Silva, Mayesse
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Forero-Medina, Germán
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Etter, Andrés
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Nogales, Jonathan
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Walschburger, Tomas
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Hyman, Glenn
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Beyer, Hawthorne L.
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[Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development]
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Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development
Although Ethiopia has abundant land for irrigation, only a fraction of its potential land is being utilized. This study evaluates suitability of lands for irrigation using groundwater in Ethiopia using GIS-based Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) techniques in order to enhance the country's agricult...
Worqlul, A.W.
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Jeong, J.
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Dile, Y.T.
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Osorio, J.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Gerik, T.
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Srinivasan, R.
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Clark, N.
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[Assessing potential land suitable for surface irrigation using groundwater in Ethiopia]
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Assessing potential land suitable for surface irrigation using groundwater in Ethiopia
Following the National League for Democracy’s landslide victory in the 2015 national election, Myanmar embarked on a series of legal and political transitions. This paper highlights parallel processes alongside such transitions. Linking land governance with the ongoing peace processes, and taking...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Bright, J.
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Palmano, C.
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[The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance]
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The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance
Improvements in land use and management are needed at a global scale to tackle interconnected global challenges of population growth, poverty, migration, climate change, biodiversity loss, and degrading land and water resources. There are hundreds of technical options for improving the sustainabi...
Thomas, Richard
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Reed, M.
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Clifton, K.
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Appadurai, N.
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Mills, A.
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Zucca, Claudio
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Kodsi, E.
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Sircely, Jason A.
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Haddad, F.
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Hagen, C.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Woldearegay, K.
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Shalander, K.
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Bellon, M.
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Le, Q.
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Mabikke, Samuel
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Alexander, S.
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Leu, S.
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Schlingloff, S.
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Lala-Pritchard, Tana
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Mares, Victor
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Quiróz, Roberto A.
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[A framework for scaling sustainable land management options]
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A framework for scaling sustainable land management options
Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Vågen, Tor-Gunnar
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Massawe, Boniface
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Jelinski, Nicolas A
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Lyamchai, Charles
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Sayula, George
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Msoka, Elizabeth
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[Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania]
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Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania
Projections of the response of crop yield to climate change at different spatial scales are known to vary. However, understanding of the causes of systematic differences across scale is limited. Here, we hypothesize that heterogeneous cropping intensity is one source of scale dependency. Analysis...
Challinor, Andrew J.
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Parkes B
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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[Crop yield response to climate change varies with cropping intensity]
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Crop yield response to climate change varies with cropping intensity