Reducing cropland fragmentation may not be universally beneficial at increasing land use efficiency: Evidence from multiscale spatial analysis of Huang-Huai-Hai region, China
Shuyi Ren, Sijing Ye, Leina Zhang, Peichao Gao, Pablo Tittonell, Changqing Song
Topics & Concepts
Fragmentation (computing)Land useLand consolidationEnvironmental scienceAgricultureAgricultural landSpatial ecologyCommon spatial patternChinaGeographyAgricultural productivityPhysical geographySpatial variabilitySpatial analysisLand managementLand use, land-use change and forestrySpatial heterogeneitySpatial distributionCrop yieldAgroforestryConsolidation (business)Variance (accounting)Empirical orthogonal functionsEnvironmental resource managementCrop productionProductivityLand coverDriving factorsLand developmentAgricultural economicsLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementLand Rights and Reforms