Global Change of Land-Sparing and Land-Sharing Patterns over the Past 30 Years: Evidence from Remote Sensing and Statistics

Agricultural expansion, driven by the increasing demand on crops, poses a severe threat to the global environment and to human welfare. Regarded as an effective landscape pattern for balancing biodiversity and food security, land sparing bears high expectations from ecologists. To reflect the spatia...

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Main Authors: Jianqiao Zhao, Yue Cao, Le Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/24/5090