Acceleration and Relocation of Abandonment in a Mediterranean Mountainous Landscape: Drivers, Consequences, and Management Implications

Acceleration and Relocation of Abandonment in a Mediterranean Mountainous Landscape: Drivers, Consequences, and Management Implications

Land abandonment in European mountains threatens habitats shaped for centuries by low-intensity agriculture and grazing. Hence, it is important to identify spatiotemporal patterns in rural abandonment, and relate them to biophysical and socioeconomic drivers. We pursued these goals in the theoretica...

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Main Authors: Diogenis A. Kiziridis, Anna Mastrogianni, Magdalini Pleniou, Elpida Karadimou, Spyros Tsiftsis, Fotios Xystrakis, Ioannis Tsiripidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
cropland
pastureland
scrubland
shrubland
woody encroachment
rewilding
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/3/406

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