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Alexander V. Prishchepov

Alexander V. Prishchepov

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
10005
World Ranking
4013
National Ranking
51

Overview

Alexander V. Prishchepov is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with substantial contributions to agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work spans several subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, soil science, and atmospheric science. The main topics addressed in their research include land use and ecosystem services, rangeland management and livestock ecology, remote sensing in agriculture, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, remote sensing and land use, soil and environmental studies, and animal diversity and health studies.

Recent publications illustrate a broad engagement with spatial and environmental dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Spatial-temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their social-ecological drivers: Implications for spatial planning and management" (2022, Resources Conservation and Recycling)
  • "Effects of building density on land surface temperature in China: Spatial patterns and determinants" (2020, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • "How is urbanization shaping agricultural land-use? Unraveling the nexus between farmland abandonment and urbanization in China" (2021, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • "The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Mapping horizontal and vertical urban densification in Denmark with Landsat time-series from 1985 to 2018: A semantic segmentation solution" (2020, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Frequent co-authors in their scholarly work include Daniel Müller, Tzu-Hsin Karen Chen, Rasmus Fensholt, Johannes Kamp, and Miroslava Bavorová.

Alexander V. Prishchepov's publication record is prominent in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Land Use Policy

Best Publications

  • Climate change has likely already affected global food production.

    Deepak K. Ray;Paul C. West;Michael Clark;Michael Clark;James S. Gerber

  • Mapping farmland abandonment and recultivation across Europe using MODIS NDVI time series.

    Stephan Estel;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Camilo Alcántara;Christian Levers

  • Determinants of agricultural land abandonment in post-Soviet European Russia

    Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Daniel Müller;Maxim Dubinin;Matthias Baumann

  • Patterns and drivers of post-socialist farmland abandonment in Western Ukraine

    Matthias Baumann;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Marine Elbakidze;Marine Elbakidze;Mutlu Ozdogan

  • Spatial-temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their social-ecological drivers: Implications for spatial planning and management

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  • Mapping abandoned agriculture with multi-temporal MODIS satellite data

    Camilo Alcantara;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Volker C. Radeloff

  • Effects of institutional changes on land use: agricultural land abandonment during the transition from state-command to market-driven economies in post-Soviet Eastern Europe

    Alexander V Prishchepov;Alexander V Prishchepov;Volker C Radeloff;Matthias Baumann;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle

  • Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data

    Camilo Alcantara;Tobias Kuemmerle;Matthias Baumann;Eugenia V Bragina;Eugenia V Bragina

  • Mapping agricultural land abandonment from spatial and temporal segmentation of Landsat time series

    He Yin;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Tobias Kuemmerle;Benjamin Bleyhl

  • Post‐Soviet cropland abandonment and carbon sequestration in European Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

    Florian Schierhorn;Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Tim Beringer;Alexander V. Prishchepov

  • Drivers, Constraints and Trade-Offs Associated with Recultivating Abandoned Cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

    Patrick Meyfroidt;Florian Schierhorn;Alexander Prishchepov;Daniel Muller

  • Spatial variation in determinants of agricultural land abandonment in Europe.

    Christian Levers;Max Schneider;Max Schneider;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Stephan Estel;Stephan Estel

  • The effect of Landsat ETM/ETM + image acquisition dates on the detection of agricultural land abandonment in Eastern Europe

    Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Volker C. Radeloff;Maxim Dubinin;Maxim Dubinin;Camilo Alcantara;Camilo Alcantara

  • Long-term agricultural land-cover change and potential for cropland expansion in the former Virgin Lands area of Kazakhstan

    Roland Kraemer;Roland Kraemer;Alexander V Prishchepov;Alexander V Prishchepov;Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Tobias Kuemmerle

  • Effects of building density on land surface temperature in China: Spatial patterns and determinants

    Jinchao Song;Wei Chen;Jianjun Zhang;Jianjun Zhang;Ke Huang;Ke Huang

  • Rapid land use change after socio-economic disturbances: the collapse of the Soviet Union versus Chernobyl

    Patrick Hostert;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Alexander Prishchepov;Anika Sieber

  • How is urbanization shaping agricultural land-use? Unraveling the nexus between farmland abandonment and urbanization in China

    Dawei Hou;Dawei Hou;Fanhao Meng;Alexander V. Prishchepov

  • How conflict affects land use: agricultural activity in areas seized by the Islamic State

    Lina Eklund;Michael Degerald;Martin Brandt;Alexander V Prishchepov;Alexander V Prishchepov

  • Spatial distribution of arable and abandoned land across former Soviet Union countries

    Myroslava Lesiv;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Elena Moltchanova;Rostyslav Bun

  • Recultivation of abandoned agricultural lands in Ukraine: Patterns and drivers

    Anatoliy Smaliychuk;Anatoliy Smaliychuk;Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Christian Levers

  • The potential of Russia to increase its wheat production through cropland expansion and intensification

    Florian Schierhorn;Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Monireh Faramarzi

  • Landsat-based mapping of post-Soviet land-use change to assess the effectiveness of the Oksky and Mordovsky protected areas in European Russia

    Anika Sieber;Tobias Kuemmerle;Tobias Kuemmerle;Alexander V. Prishchepov;Kelly J. Wendland

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Müller
Daniel Müller Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Volker C. Radeloff
Volker C. Radeloff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Patrick Hostert
Patrick Hostert Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dmitry Schepaschenko
Dmitry Schepaschenko International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Rasmus Fensholt
Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen
Martin Brandt
Martin Brandt University of Copenhagen
Peter Potapov
Peter Potapov University of Maryland, College Park
Patrick Meyfroidt
Patrick Meyfroidt Université Catholique de Louvain

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